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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 754 · 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) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  9. 9.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  11. 11.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) list the materials
  22. 22.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) follow the plan to build
  25. 25.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) dream up possible fixes
  32. 32.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  36. 36.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  39. 39.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Ask
  3. Create
  4. Create
  5. no, it repeats
  6. think of wild ideas
  7. Test
  8. Improve
  9. False
  10. Improve
  11. False
  12. Test
  13. Ask
  14. True
  15. False
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. Plan
  20. False
  21. measure its performance
  22. Improve
  23. Ask
  24. pick the build order
  25. False
  26. Ask
  27. Ask
  28. Improve
  29. try it out
  30. brainstorm many ideas
  31. find the limits
  32. True
  33. True
  34. Improve
  35. Ask
  36. True
  37. make a prototype
  38. Imagine
  39. True
  40. Test

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