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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 356 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) define the problem (d) make it better, retest
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) make a prototype
  26. 26.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  36. 36.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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