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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 881 · 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.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  9. 9.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  22. 22.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  38. 38.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals

Answer key

  1. measure its performance
  2. Ask
  3. Ask
  4. draw a labelled diagram
  5. fix the weak part
  6. try it out
  7. Plan
  8. no, it repeats
  9. False
  10. Create
  11. Plan
  12. Plan
  13. Plan
  14. Test
  15. Create
  16. False
  17. Imagine
  18. False
  19. Ask
  20. True
  21. Imagine
  22. True
  23. Improve
  24. Plan
  25. find the limits
  26. Improve
  27. Create
  28. Ask
  29. Ask
  30. Imagine
  31. Ask
  32. True
  33. Improve
  34. True
  35. False
  36. Imagine
  37. ask who will use it
  38. True
  39. Plan
  40. pick the build order

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