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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 198 · 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 draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) find the limits
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  20. 20.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  23. 23.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  27. 27.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  29. 29.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  37. 37.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  39. 39.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve

Answer key

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

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