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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 733 · 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 check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) try it out
  6. 6.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) fix the weak part (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) fix the weak part
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  25. 25.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve

Answer key

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

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