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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 161 · 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.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 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
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  8. 8.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  18. 18.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  20. 20.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  24. 24.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  27. 27.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  31. 31.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) try it out (c) build the model (d) redesign after testing
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) list the materials
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) build the model (d) list the materials

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Imagine
  3. no, it repeats
  4. dream up possible fixes
  5. Imagine
  6. Plan
  7. Create
  8. False
  9. Ask
  10. ask who will use it
  11. Improve
  12. Test
  13. Ask
  14. Imagine
  15. Test
  16. False
  17. Create
  18. False
  19. brainstorm many ideas
  20. True
  21. Plan
  22. Imagine
  23. Create
  24. True
  25. Ask
  26. measure its performance
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Improve
  30. Improve
  31. False
  32. Ask
  33. Create
  34. find the limits
  35. build the model
  36. Imagine
  37. define the problem
  38. pick the build order
  39. Imagine
  40. try it out

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