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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 591 · 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.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) build the model
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  19. 19.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  28. 28.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  29. 29.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) list the materials
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) check it against goals (d) measure its performance

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Imagine
  3. False
  4. Ask
  5. dream up possible fixes
  6. Improve
  7. Plan
  8. Imagine
  9. False
  10. Imagine
  11. Ask
  12. Ask
  13. True
  14. Plan
  15. True
  16. think of wild ideas
  17. Improve
  18. find the limits
  19. True
  20. Ask
  21. Imagine
  22. Imagine
  23. Imagine
  24. Ask
  25. Plan
  26. redesign after testing
  27. check it against goals
  28. Improve
  29. True
  30. False
  31. False
  32. Plan
  33. measure its performance
  34. Test
  35. Plan
  36. Test
  37. Create
  38. fix the weak part
  39. False
  40. define the problem

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