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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 498 · 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 check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  7. 7.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  11. 11.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) fix the weak part
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  25. 25.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  33. 33.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  35. 35.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part

Answer key

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

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