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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 917 · 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) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  3. 3.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  13. 13.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  17. 17.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) make it better, retest (d) follow the plan to build
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  23. 23.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
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  27. 27.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  30. 30.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine

Answer key

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

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