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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 757 · 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 comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) check it against goals
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  7. 7.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  11. 11.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) fix the weak part
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  19. 19.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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