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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 529 · 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) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  7. 7.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  11. 11.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  15. 15.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  17. 17.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  26. 26.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  29. 29.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) find the limits
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) try it out
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) check it against goals (d) redesign after testing
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem

Answer key

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

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