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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 893 · 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.🔄 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
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  19. 19.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  23. 23.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  31. 31.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  32. 32.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  37. 37.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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