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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 964 · 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) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  2. 2.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  5. 5.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) make it better, retest
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  24. 24.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  27. 27.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  39. 39.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create

Answer key

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

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