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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 863 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) dream up possible fixes (c) check it against goals (d) try it out
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  13. 13.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  17. 17.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  24. 24.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  30. 30.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  37. 37.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. no, it repeats
  3. Plan
  4. Test
  5. Improve
  6. False
  7. make a prototype
  8. Plan
  9. Imagine
  10. Imagine
  11. measure its performance
  12. Plan
  13. False
  14. True
  15. Imagine
  16. Imagine
  17. False
  18. Improve
  19. Create
  20. try it out
  21. Plan
  22. Plan
  23. Improve
  24. True
  25. Create
  26. Plan
  27. False
  28. dream up possible fixes
  29. define the problem
  30. True
  31. False
  32. Ask
  33. Ask
  34. Improve
  35. True
  36. Ask
  37. False
  38. build the model
  39. Plan
  40. Create

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