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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 704 · 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) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) check it against goals (d) try it out
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  9. 9.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) list the materials
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) build the model
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) make a prototype
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  24. 24.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) make a prototype (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  34. 34.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. no, it repeats
  2. Create
  3. make a prototype
  4. Ask
  5. make it better, retest
  6. Improve
  7. Ask
  8. dream up possible fixes
  9. False
  10. Improve
  11. find the limits
  12. define the problem
  13. Ask
  14. list the materials
  15. redesign after testing
  16. brainstorm many ideas
  17. Improve
  18. False
  19. Create
  20. Test
  21. Imagine
  22. True
  23. Create
  24. False
  25. ask who will use it
  26. Ask
  27. Ask
  28. False
  29. check it against goals
  30. Plan
  31. False
  32. Plan
  33. measure its performance
  34. False
  35. False
  36. Ask
  37. Plan
  38. Improve
  39. Imagine
  40. Test

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