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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 47 · 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 measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  5. 5.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) fix the weak part (d) redesign after testing
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) build the model (d) try it out
  12. 12.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) draw a labelled diagram
  18. 18.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) think of wild ideas
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  32. 32.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) dream up possible fixes
  37. 37.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  39. 39.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test

Answer key

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

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