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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 179 · 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 design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) check it against goals
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) list the materials
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  20. 20.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  29. 29.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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