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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 822 · 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) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  3. 3.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  11. 11.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  19. 19.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  29. 29.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) pick the build order
  36. 36.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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