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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 225 · 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.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  4. 4.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) pick the build order
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  16. 16.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  18. 18.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  21. 21.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  24. 24.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  27. 27.🔄 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
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  30. 30.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  35. 35.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. find the limits
  3. Improve
  4. True
  5. Imagine
  6. Imagine
  7. pick the build order
  8. Test
  9. draw a labelled diagram
  10. Improve
  11. measure its performance
  12. check it against goals
  13. Ask
  14. brainstorm many ideas
  15. Plan
  16. False
  17. Improve
  18. False
  19. Test
  20. build the model
  21. True
  22. False
  23. Imagine
  24. True
  25. Ask
  26. fix the weak part
  27. no, it repeats
  28. Create
  29. Improve
  30. False
  31. True
  32. Imagine
  33. Create
  34. ask who will use it
  35. True
  36. Imagine
  37. Imagine
  38. Ask
  39. False
  40. Plan

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