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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 162 · 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) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  4. 4.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  7. 7.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  10. 10.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  24. 24.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 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
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) redesign after testing
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  34. 34.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) try it out

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. brainstorm many ideas
  3. Ask
  4. True
  5. Ask
  6. Test
  7. False
  8. draw a labelled diagram
  9. make it better, retest
  10. False
  11. define the problem
  12. Ask
  13. Ask
  14. Plan
  15. Test
  16. pick the build order
  17. Improve
  18. Improve
  19. Ask
  20. Plan
  21. Improve
  22. Imagine
  23. fix the weak part
  24. False
  25. no, it repeats
  26. Ask
  27. ask who will use it
  28. check it against goals
  29. Improve
  30. Create
  31. Plan
  32. False
  33. follow the plan to build
  34. True
  35. find the limits
  36. Improve
  37. try it out
  38. False
  39. False
  40. build the model

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