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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 212 · 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 find the limits? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  22. 22.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) pick the build order
  24. 24.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Imagine
  3. Improve
  4. Ask
  5. try it out
  6. define the problem
  7. Plan
  8. Imagine
  9. Test
  10. Plan
  11. False
  12. Create
  13. fix the weak part
  14. True
  15. Improve
  16. make a prototype
  17. Imagine
  18. Ask
  19. Ask
  20. no, it repeats
  21. find the limits
  22. True
  23. measure its performance
  24. False
  25. Imagine
  26. Improve
  27. Ask
  28. Ask
  29. Imagine
  30. False
  31. True
  32. Create
  33. Imagine
  34. check it against goals
  35. follow the plan to build
  36. dream up possible fixes
  37. Ask
  38. Ask
  39. build the model
  40. draw a labelled diagram

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