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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 652 · 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) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  4. 4.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  7. 7.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  29. 29.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan

Answer key

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

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