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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 206 · 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 make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) list the materials
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) build the model
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  16. 16.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  30. 30.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  31. 31.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make it better, retest
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  35. 35.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine

Answer key

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

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