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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 806 · 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: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 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
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  8. 8.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  34. 34.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Test
  2. Create
  3. Ask
  4. no, it repeats
  5. Ask
  6. Test
  7. Test
  8. False
  9. Improve
  10. Ask
  11. Create
  12. True
  13. check it against goals
  14. Create
  15. Ask
  16. True
  17. True
  18. Create
  19. True
  20. build the model
  21. Imagine
  22. Plan
  23. try it out
  24. measure its performance
  25. Improve
  26. Imagine
  27. Test
  28. list the materials
  29. Plan
  30. Imagine
  31. Imagine
  32. ask who will use it
  33. Ask
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Imagine
  37. fix the weak part
  38. False
  39. Imagine
  40. Improve

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