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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 599 · 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 find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  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, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) build the model
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  23. 23.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  25. 25.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  30. 30.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) follow the plan to build

Answer key

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

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