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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 476 · 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.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  21. 21.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  29. 29.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. no, it repeats
  2. Imagine
  3. Improve
  4. Ask
  5. Imagine
  6. False
  7. ask who will use it
  8. fix the weak part
  9. Ask
  10. make a prototype
  11. Plan
  12. Plan
  13. Ask
  14. Create
  15. redesign after testing
  16. Improve
  17. Create
  18. Ask
  19. Ask
  20. Create
  21. False
  22. Imagine
  23. Plan
  24. Imagine
  25. Improve
  26. False
  27. True
  28. Plan
  29. True
  30. check it against goals
  31. Ask
  32. follow the plan to build
  33. Imagine
  34. Ask
  35. True
  36. Test
  37. find the limits
  38. draw a labelled diagram
  39. Test
  40. Improve

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