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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 784 · 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 on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  2. 2.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  7. 7.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) pick the build order
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) make it better, retest
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  26. 26.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  29. 29.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  31. 31.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  36. 36.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. no, it repeats
  2. True
  3. Create
  4. Test
  5. Imagine
  6. ask who will use it
  7. False
  8. Improve
  9. Ask
  10. find the limits
  11. Plan
  12. True
  13. True
  14. Imagine
  15. Test
  16. Ask
  17. Ask
  18. Imagine
  19. Create
  20. define the problem
  21. Ask
  22. check it against goals
  23. Create
  24. draw a labelled diagram
  25. Ask
  26. False
  27. Improve
  28. Test
  29. False
  30. measure its performance
  31. False
  32. Improve
  33. Create
  34. Ask
  35. Ask
  36. False
  37. Create
  38. Test
  39. Plan
  40. False

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