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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 645 · 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) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) make it better, retest (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  17. 17.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  24. 24.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) try it out (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create

Answer key

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

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