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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 731 · 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) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  2. 2.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) draw a labelled diagram
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  11. 11.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) draw a labelled diagram
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  27. 27.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  29. 29.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) define the problem
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) build the model (d) redesign after testing
  37. 37.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. False
  3. Plan
  4. Imagine
  5. find the limits
  6. no, it repeats
  7. Improve
  8. Imagine
  9. False
  10. Create
  11. True
  12. Test
  13. build the model
  14. Improve
  15. Improve
  16. Imagine
  17. Create
  18. Plan
  19. Plan
  20. Imagine
  21. False
  22. Test
  23. Plan
  24. Ask
  25. Improve
  26. Ask
  27. False
  28. Ask
  29. False
  30. Imagine
  31. Ask
  32. dream up possible fixes
  33. Imagine
  34. Ask
  35. True
  36. measure its performance
  37. False
  38. False
  39. make it better, retest
  40. True

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