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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 687 · 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 dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  10. 10.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  29. 29.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. Improve
  3. Ask
  4. measure its performance
  5. ask who will use it
  6. Create
  7. Ask
  8. Plan
  9. no, it repeats
  10. True
  11. Plan
  12. Plan
  13. Improve
  14. Ask
  15. Ask
  16. define the problem
  17. Create
  18. Ask
  19. build the model
  20. False
  21. Test
  22. Ask
  23. Imagine
  24. Imagine
  25. Plan
  26. Improve
  27. Test
  28. brainstorm many ideas
  29. True
  30. True
  31. Improve
  32. True
  33. False
  34. Improve
  35. False
  36. Test
  37. Create
  38. Test
  39. False
  40. Imagine

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