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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 189 · 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) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 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
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  11. 11.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  14. 14.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  27. 27.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  29. 29.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  33. 33.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  37. 37.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. fix the weak part
  2. Ask
  3. Imagine
  4. Plan
  5. Imagine
  6. Imagine
  7. brainstorm many ideas
  8. Ask
  9. no, it repeats
  10. measure its performance
  11. False
  12. False
  13. Improve
  14. False
  15. Improve
  16. pick the build order
  17. try it out
  18. Improve
  19. False
  20. Test
  21. Plan
  22. Ask
  23. Ask
  24. dream up possible fixes
  25. Ask
  26. think of wild ideas
  27. Improve
  28. Plan
  29. False
  30. Plan
  31. Test
  32. check it against goals
  33. True
  34. Create
  35. False
  36. find the limits
  37. False
  38. True
  39. list the materials
  40. Improve

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