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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 492 · 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.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  6. 6.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  10. 10.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  16. 16.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  23. 23.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) follow the plan to build
  33. 33.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order

Answer key

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

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