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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 674 · 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 measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  18. 18.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 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
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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