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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 381 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) check it against goals
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) dream up possible fixes
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) find the limits
  10. 10.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  14. 14.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) list the materials (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  24. 24.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) pick the build order
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas

Answer key

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

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