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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 956 · 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, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) find the limits
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  26. 26.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) follow the plan to build
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  40. 40.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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