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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 210 · 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 follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  4. 4.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  16. 16.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  22. 22.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  31. 31.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. True
  3. try it out
  4. False
  5. Imagine
  6. Ask
  7. Create
  8. Create
  9. Improve
  10. Imagine
  11. Plan
  12. dream up possible fixes
  13. Improve
  14. brainstorm many ideas
  15. Improve
  16. False
  17. Imagine
  18. Ask
  19. False
  20. redesign after testing
  21. find the limits
  22. True
  23. Improve
  24. Imagine
  25. Plan
  26. Test
  27. Ask
  28. no, it repeats
  29. Create
  30. Plan
  31. True
  32. Improve
  33. False
  34. define the problem
  35. Test
  36. Plan
  37. Ask
  38. False
  39. True
  40. ask who will use it

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