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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 501 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) redesign after testing
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) build the model
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) pick the build order (d) dream up possible fixes
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  21. 21.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) ask who will use it
  27. 27.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) list the materials
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) make it better, retest (d) fix the weak part
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  33. 33.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create

Answer key

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

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