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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 214 · 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 define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  5. 5.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  8. 8.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  11. 11.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) make a prototype (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make it better, retest
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  20. 20.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) check it against goals
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  27. 27.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  30. 30.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) ask who will use it
  39. 39.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Ask
  3. fix the weak part
  4. Ask
  5. False
  6. True
  7. Improve
  8. True
  9. Imagine
  10. Ask
  11. True
  12. False
  13. check it against goals
  14. Improve
  15. Imagine
  16. make it better, retest
  17. Plan
  18. False
  19. measure its performance
  20. True
  21. follow the plan to build
  22. Create
  23. Improve
  24. Ask
  25. True
  26. Ask
  27. True
  28. dream up possible fixes
  29. try it out
  30. False
  31. Plan
  32. Improve
  33. find the limits
  34. Ask
  35. think of wild ideas
  36. Improve
  37. Imagine
  38. brainstorm many ideas
  39. Plan
  40. Create

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