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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 465 · 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 Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  5. 5.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
  15. 15.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  18. 18.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  23. 23.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  39. 39.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test

Answer key

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

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