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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 351 · 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) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) build the model (d) follow the plan to build
  5. 5.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) dream up possible fixes
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  25. 25.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) draw a labelled diagram
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  36. 36.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Improve
  3. Ask
  4. make it better, retest
  5. False
  6. Ask
  7. try it out
  8. Plan
  9. False
  10. Plan
  11. define the problem
  12. no, it repeats
  13. Test
  14. Plan
  15. Test
  16. Ask
  17. dream up possible fixes
  18. draw a labelled diagram
  19. Imagine
  20. Imagine
  21. make a prototype
  22. think of wild ideas
  23. Improve
  24. build the model
  25. False
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Test
  30. brainstorm many ideas
  31. Improve
  32. Imagine
  33. True
  34. False
  35. Plan
  36. False
  37. Imagine
  38. Ask
  39. Ask
  40. True

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