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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 823 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) check it against goals (d) redesign after testing
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  18. 18.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  21. 21.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) list the materials

Answer key

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

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