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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 719 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  2. 2.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  4. 4.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  11. 11.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  15. 15.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  17. 17.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) measure its performance
  19. 19.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  26. 26.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  29. 29.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  33. 33.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan

Answer key

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

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