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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 854 · 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.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  3. 3.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  14. 14.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  19. 19.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  22. 22.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  37. 37.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) make a prototype
  39. 39.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Ask
  3. False
  4. Ask
  5. make a prototype
  6. Imagine
  7. Plan
  8. Plan
  9. True
  10. pick the build order
  11. Ask
  12. Plan
  13. Create
  14. False
  15. Test
  16. Plan
  17. Ask
  18. try it out
  19. False
  20. make it better, retest
  21. Improve
  22. False
  23. False
  24. build the model
  25. Imagine
  26. Plan
  27. Improve
  28. True
  29. Ask
  30. True
  31. False
  32. no, it repeats
  33. Create
  34. Ask
  35. False
  36. follow the plan to build
  37. True
  38. find the limits
  39. False
  40. Create

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