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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 85 · 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.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  10. 10.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) make a prototype
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits
  33. 33.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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