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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 508 · 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.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  4. 4.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  6. 6.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  21. 21.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  24. 24.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  31. 31.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance

Answer key

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

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