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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 499 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve): Ask (problem, users, limits) → Imagine (many ideas) → Plan (diagram, materials). Create (build a prototype) → Test (measure) → Improve (fix and retest). It is a loop: after Improve, test again.

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  1. 1.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) try it out (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  34. 34.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) dream up possible fixes
  37. 37.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. no, it repeats
  2. Improve
  3. Plan
  4. Imagine
  5. Create
  6. Imagine
  7. follow the plan to build
  8. draw a labelled diagram
  9. Create
  10. Improve
  11. Improve
  12. check it against goals
  13. Improve
  14. False
  15. Ask
  16. False
  17. try it out
  18. Imagine
  19. Test
  20. Ask
  21. Imagine
  22. Test
  23. False
  24. Test
  25. Improve
  26. find the limits
  27. make a prototype
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Plan
  31. Ask
  32. Ask
  33. fix the weak part
  34. False
  35. True
  36. dream up possible fixes
  37. False
  38. False
  39. Ask
  40. True

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