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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 329 · 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) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  6. 6.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) follow the plan to build (d) list the materials
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 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
  16. 16.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  22. 22.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  34. 34.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) build the model (d) dream up possible fixes
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Ask
  3. Ask
  4. Imagine
  5. Test
  6. True
  7. Improve
  8. list the materials
  9. Improve
  10. True
  11. Improve
  12. Ask
  13. Plan
  14. Plan
  15. no, it repeats
  16. True
  17. False
  18. Test
  19. Test
  20. Test
  21. Ask
  22. False
  23. check it against goals
  24. Create
  25. Create
  26. Ask
  27. Imagine
  28. Plan
  29. Imagine
  30. fix the weak part
  31. Imagine
  32. Ask
  33. define the problem
  34. True
  35. False
  36. Test
  37. build the model
  38. Improve
  39. Create
  40. False

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