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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 689 · 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) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) make a prototype
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) fix the weak part
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  13. 13.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  15. 15.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  17. 17.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) think of wild ideas
  20. 20.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) list the materials
  27. 27.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  33. 33.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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