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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. redesign after testing
  2. Improve
  3. Create
  4. make a prototype
  5. Improve
  6. Ask
  7. True
  8. Create
  9. False
  10. make it better, retest
  11. Plan
  12. Imagine
  13. fix the weak part
  14. Ask
  15. no, it repeats
  16. Improve
  17. True
  18. Imagine
  19. follow the plan to build
  20. False
  21. Plan
  22. Ask
  23. True
  24. Imagine
  25. Test
  26. Imagine
  27. Plan
  28. False
  29. True
  30. Improve
  31. Ask
  32. think of wild ideas
  33. Create
  34. Imagine
  35. False
  36. Ask
  37. Imagine
  38. build the model
  39. Improve
  40. Imagine

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