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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 409 · 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 of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) find the limits
  2. 2.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  6. 6.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 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
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  17. 17.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  28. 28.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  33. 33.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  39. 39.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask

Answer key

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

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