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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 684 · 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.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  7. 7.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) brainstorm many ideas
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  32. 32.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  34. 34.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance

Answer key

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

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