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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 565 · 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 measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  16. 16.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  18. 18.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  25. 25.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  33. 33.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  36. 36.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Imagine
  3. Plan
  4. Improve
  5. Plan
  6. redesign after testing
  7. follow the plan to build
  8. define the problem
  9. fix the weak part
  10. Ask
  11. draw a labelled diagram
  12. Improve
  13. Create
  14. Plan
  15. Ask
  16. False
  17. Create
  18. True
  19. False
  20. Test
  21. Ask
  22. Ask
  23. Imagine
  24. Create
  25. True
  26. Test
  27. Improve
  28. brainstorm many ideas
  29. Imagine
  30. Improve
  31. ask who will use it
  32. make it better, retest
  33. no, it repeats
  34. try it out
  35. check it against goals
  36. True
  37. Ask
  38. Imagine
  39. Improve
  40. Plan

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