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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 533 · 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 brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  9. 9.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  13. 13.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  17. 17.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 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
  26. 26.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) brainstorm many ideas
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  35. 35.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) redesign after testing
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. False
  3. Improve
  4. Improve
  5. think of wild ideas
  6. Plan
  7. Imagine
  8. Test
  9. True
  10. Imagine
  11. find the limits
  12. Plan
  13. True
  14. False
  15. Ask
  16. measure its performance
  17. Ask
  18. Create
  19. draw a labelled diagram
  20. Create
  21. Test
  22. follow the plan to build
  23. Plan
  24. True
  25. no, it repeats
  26. True
  27. pick the build order
  28. Improve
  29. Imagine
  30. ask who will use it
  31. Ask
  32. Plan
  33. make it better, retest
  34. Improve
  35. True
  36. Ask
  37. redesign after testing
  38. dream up possible fixes
  39. Create
  40. Test

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