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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 98 · 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) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  6. 6.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  10. 10.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  20. 20.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 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
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  26. 26.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) redesign after testing
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  36. 36.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) follow the plan to build
  40. 40.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Imagine
  3. Ask
  4. Plan
  5. find the limits
  6. False
  7. Ask
  8. False
  9. Ask
  10. True
  11. Test
  12. True
  13. False
  14. Imagine
  15. Imagine
  16. define the problem
  17. Create
  18. Plan
  19. Ask
  20. True
  21. Ask
  22. no, it repeats
  23. Test
  24. Ask
  25. Improve
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Imagine
  30. Create
  31. Imagine
  32. True
  33. False
  34. build the model
  35. Improve
  36. False
  37. pick the build order
  38. True
  39. fix the weak part
  40. False

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