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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 670 · 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.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) find the limits
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) follow the plan to build
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  24. 24.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance

Answer key

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

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