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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 54 · 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) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  5. 5.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  16. 16.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  22. 22.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) measure its performance
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) check it against goals

Answer key

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

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