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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 557 · 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) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 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
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  16. 16.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  19. 19.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) pick the build order (d) define the problem
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create

Answer key

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

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