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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 593 · 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 Test step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  5. 5.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) draw a labelled diagram
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  26. 26.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  29. 29.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  34. 34.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. True
  2. check it against goals
  3. Improve
  4. find the limits
  5. False
  6. brainstorm many ideas
  7. Improve
  8. Ask
  9. Test
  10. measure its performance
  11. Plan
  12. Imagine
  13. Plan
  14. Improve
  15. Ask
  16. draw a labelled diagram
  17. Ask
  18. True
  19. think of wild ideas
  20. False
  21. Improve
  22. fix the weak part
  23. Plan
  24. Create
  25. no, it repeats
  26. True
  27. Imagine
  28. Imagine
  29. True
  30. Improve
  31. False
  32. pick the build order
  33. Plan
  34. False
  35. ask who will use it
  36. Ask
  37. Test
  38. redesign after testing
  39. make a prototype
  40. Improve

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