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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 255 · 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) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  3. 3.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) dream up possible fixes
  16. 16.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  18. 18.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  22. 22.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) measure its performance (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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