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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 510 · 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 list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  27. 27.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. define the problem
  3. no, it repeats
  4. Ask
  5. Test
  6. Improve
  7. True
  8. Imagine
  9. Imagine
  10. Imagine
  11. Ask
  12. Ask
  13. Create
  14. Test
  15. Improve
  16. Plan
  17. Improve
  18. False
  19. Test
  20. Ask
  21. Ask
  22. Ask
  23. find the limits
  24. ask who will use it
  25. Ask
  26. Imagine
  27. True
  28. Plan
  29. Create
  30. Improve
  31. Improve
  32. Test
  33. Plan
  34. Ask
  35. Create
  36. Imagine
  37. redesign after testing
  38. think of wild ideas
  39. list the materials
  40. False

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