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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 419 · 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 Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  2. 2.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) make a prototype (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  25. 25.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  30. 30.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. brainstorm many ideas
  2. False
  3. Ask
  4. no, it repeats
  5. list the materials
  6. Imagine
  7. find the limits
  8. make it better, retest
  9. Create
  10. Ask
  11. measure its performance
  12. Create
  13. Plan
  14. True
  15. False
  16. Ask
  17. True
  18. True
  19. False
  20. think of wild ideas
  21. Create
  22. True
  23. Plan
  24. Imagine
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Improve
  28. Imagine
  29. build the model
  30. False
  31. Test
  32. Plan
  33. Ask
  34. Imagine
  35. Ask
  36. Imagine
  37. Plan
  38. Improve
  39. Plan
  40. Test

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