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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 517 · 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 fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) measure its performance
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  7. 7.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  11. 11.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  24. 24.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. fix the weak part
  3. find the limits
  4. Ask
  5. measure its performance
  6. no, it repeats
  7. False
  8. Test
  9. define the problem
  10. Imagine
  11. True
  12. Imagine
  13. Imagine
  14. Improve
  15. Improve
  16. Plan
  17. Ask
  18. Imagine
  19. Test
  20. Ask
  21. draw a labelled diagram
  22. Improve
  23. Plan
  24. Ask
  25. False
  26. Ask
  27. Test
  28. False
  29. Plan
  30. Ask
  31. Imagine
  32. dream up possible fixes
  33. Ask
  34. False
  35. Create
  36. Plan
  37. Imagine
  38. make a prototype
  39. Improve
  40. make it better, retest

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