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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 544 · 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.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) check it against goals
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) fix the weak part (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  8. 8.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  13. 13.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  17. 17.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  38. 38.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Ask
  3. ask who will use it
  4. Plan
  5. Ask
  6. pick the build order
  7. Imagine
  8. False
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. measure its performance
  12. try it out
  13. True
  14. check it against goals
  15. Test
  16. Test
  17. False
  18. Improve
  19. Imagine
  20. False
  21. make it better, retest
  22. Ask
  23. Improve
  24. make a prototype
  25. Ask
  26. Improve
  27. Improve
  28. Plan
  29. list the materials
  30. Imagine
  31. Plan
  32. Plan
  33. Ask
  34. Imagine
  35. draw a labelled diagram
  36. Plan
  37. no, it repeats
  38. False
  39. Imagine
  40. Plan

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