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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 816 · 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 “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  4. 4.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  8. 8.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  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 Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  11. 11.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  16. 16.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  31. 31.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. Plan
  3. Ask
  4. False
  5. False
  6. False
  7. ask who will use it
  8. False
  9. True
  10. check it against goals
  11. False
  12. Create
  13. Improve
  14. Ask
  15. Imagine
  16. True
  17. True
  18. Plan
  19. Ask
  20. False
  21. no, it repeats
  22. Improve
  23. Create
  24. Improve
  25. Plan
  26. Improve
  27. make it better, retest
  28. pick the build order
  29. define the problem
  30. Plan
  31. True
  32. False
  33. Improve
  34. False
  35. Test
  36. Imagine
  37. True
  38. think of wild ideas
  39. Ask
  40. find the limits

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