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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 877 · 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) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  7. 7.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  17. 17.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  19. 19.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) ask who will use it
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  29. 29.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  32. 32.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  34. 34.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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