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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 546 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  2. 2.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) follow the plan to build
  4. 4.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) check it against goals (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  19. 19.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  31. 31.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  32. 32.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  39. 39.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. False
  3. measure its performance
  4. True
  5. True
  6. define the problem
  7. Plan
  8. Ask
  9. False
  10. False
  11. Ask
  12. build the model
  13. brainstorm many ideas
  14. Create
  15. Test
  16. fix the weak part
  17. Plan
  18. Test
  19. False
  20. Create
  21. Ask
  22. Ask
  23. Ask
  24. Ask
  25. Plan
  26. Imagine
  27. ask who will use it
  28. draw a labelled diagram
  29. Imagine
  30. make it better, retest
  31. no, it repeats
  32. True
  33. list the materials
  34. Ask
  35. True
  36. try it out
  37. Ask
  38. Ask
  39. True
  40. Improve

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