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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 519 · 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) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  2. 2.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) draw a labelled diagram
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  8. 8.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) measure its performance
  11. 11.🔄 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
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  38. 38.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. False
  3. measure its performance
  4. Plan
  5. build the model
  6. Imagine
  7. define the problem
  8. True
  9. Create
  10. follow the plan to build
  11. no, it repeats
  12. Improve
  13. Ask
  14. Ask
  15. Improve
  16. Ask
  17. Create
  18. Improve
  19. Imagine
  20. True
  21. Create
  22. Test
  23. fix the weak part
  24. Test
  25. redesign after testing
  26. Plan
  27. check it against goals
  28. Plan
  29. Imagine
  30. False
  31. True
  32. dream up possible fixes
  33. Plan
  34. Ask
  35. False
  36. Imagine
  37. Create
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Plan

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