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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 46 · 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 redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  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 design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) list the materials
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  10. 10.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  18. 18.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) fix the weak part
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  33. 33.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas

Answer key

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

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