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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 471 · 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 Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  4. 4.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  11. 11.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) fix the weak part (d) redesign after testing
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) think of wild ideas
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  17. 17.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  27. 27.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  29. 29.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) build the model
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance

Answer key

  1. check it against goals
  2. redesign after testing
  3. Plan
  4. True
  5. define the problem
  6. Improve
  7. Improve
  8. Imagine
  9. Improve
  10. think of wild ideas
  11. False
  12. brainstorm many ideas
  13. try it out
  14. Ask
  15. Plan
  16. Plan
  17. False
  18. ask who will use it
  19. Improve
  20. Ask
  21. Plan
  22. Imagine
  23. False
  24. Ask
  25. Create
  26. Ask
  27. False
  28. Imagine
  29. True
  30. Imagine
  31. Imagine
  32. False
  33. Test
  34. dream up possible fixes
  35. Imagine
  36. pick the build order
  37. Imagine
  38. Ask
  39. Ask
  40. make it better, retest

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