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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 698 · 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 think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  3. 3.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  19. 19.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  26. 26.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) pick the build order
  30. 30.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  33. 33.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. pick the build order
  3. False
  4. brainstorm many ideas
  5. Imagine
  6. Imagine
  7. Ask
  8. Imagine
  9. Ask
  10. Test
  11. Plan
  12. ask who will use it
  13. Improve
  14. define the problem
  15. Ask
  16. Ask
  17. Plan
  18. check it against goals
  19. False
  20. draw a labelled diagram
  21. True
  22. False
  23. list the materials
  24. Improve
  25. Test
  26. True
  27. False
  28. no, it repeats
  29. dream up possible fixes
  30. False
  31. False
  32. Test
  33. True
  34. Improve
  35. Plan
  36. Test
  37. find the limits
  38. Ask
  39. Imagine
  40. False

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