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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 571 · 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, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  2. 2.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  14. 14.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  18. 18.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  33. 33.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. True
  3. Improve
  4. list the materials
  5. Ask
  6. Improve
  7. Plan
  8. Test
  9. True
  10. dream up possible fixes
  11. Imagine
  12. check it against goals
  13. Improve
  14. no, it repeats
  15. Create
  16. Plan
  17. find the limits
  18. True
  19. Create
  20. True
  21. Plan
  22. Ask
  23. Imagine
  24. pick the build order
  25. Ask
  26. Ask
  27. Test
  28. Imagine
  29. False
  30. False
  31. follow the plan to build
  32. think of wild ideas
  33. False
  34. Imagine
  35. define the problem
  36. Improve
  37. False
  38. Test
  39. ask who will use it
  40. Ask

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