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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 666 · 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) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) list the materials
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  6. 6.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  18. 18.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) check it against goals
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) list the materials
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  23. 23.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  35. 35.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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