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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 586 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔄 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
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) make a prototype
  17. 17.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  26. 26.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  32. 32.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  34. 34.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  36. 36.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  40. 40.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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