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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 991 · 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) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  7. 7.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) fix the weak part (d) make a prototype
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  20. 20.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  22. 22.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  27. 27.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) list the materials
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  40. 40.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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