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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 266 · 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.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) pick the build order (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) make a prototype
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  28. 28.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  30. 30.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  34. 34.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  37. 37.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) dream up possible fixes
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. True
  2. no, it repeats
  3. Ask
  4. Plan
  5. pick the build order
  6. Improve
  7. Imagine
  8. True
  9. find the limits
  10. think of wild ideas
  11. ask who will use it
  12. Imagine
  13. True
  14. Plan
  15. Ask
  16. Ask
  17. Test
  18. Plan
  19. follow the plan to build
  20. Improve
  21. draw a labelled diagram
  22. Create
  23. define the problem
  24. fix the weak part
  25. Test
  26. Imagine
  27. list the materials
  28. False
  29. Improve
  30. True
  31. Plan
  32. brainstorm many ideas
  33. Imagine
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Ask
  37. False
  38. make a prototype
  39. Improve
  40. Create

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