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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 81 · 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, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  6. 6.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) try it out (d) build the model
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  13. 13.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  22. 22.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  26. 26.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) define the problem
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  37. 37.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  40. 40.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. Ask
  3. no, it repeats
  4. Improve
  5. list the materials
  6. True
  7. False
  8. Ask
  9. True
  10. build the model
  11. Imagine
  12. Plan
  13. False
  14. Improve
  15. Improve
  16. True
  17. Ask
  18. Plan
  19. Test
  20. Improve
  21. think of wild ideas
  22. True
  23. Imagine
  24. Test
  25. Imagine
  26. True
  27. False
  28. Plan
  29. Ask
  30. try it out
  31. check it against goals
  32. dream up possible fixes
  33. Create
  34. Imagine
  35. Create
  36. Ask
  37. True
  38. Improve
  39. Plan
  40. False

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