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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 570 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  6. 6.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  13. 13.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) brainstorm many ideas
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  20. 20.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  27. 27.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  28. 28.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make a prototype (c) pick the build order (d) define the problem
  32. 32.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  37. 37.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine

Answer key

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

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