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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 682 · 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) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 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
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) list the materials
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) redesign after testing (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  13. 13.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  17. 17.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  19. 19.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  22. 22.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  25. 25.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  38. 38.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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