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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 368 · 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) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  9. 9.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  15. 15.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  21. 21.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  24. 24.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  26. 26.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  34. 34.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  36. 36.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. False
  3. Improve
  4. redesign after testing
  5. Ask
  6. Ask
  7. True
  8. Ask
  9. True
  10. Test
  11. Improve
  12. Create
  13. False
  14. Improve
  15. True
  16. no, it repeats
  17. Create
  18. Test
  19. dream up possible fixes
  20. Improve
  21. True
  22. Test
  23. Improve
  24. True
  25. Create
  26. False
  27. Imagine
  28. Plan
  29. list the materials
  30. Ask
  31. Imagine
  32. try it out
  33. think of wild ideas
  34. True
  35. Ask
  36. False
  37. brainstorm many ideas
  38. Ask
  39. Plan
  40. Create

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