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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 78 · 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 of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  3. 3.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  10. 10.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  16. 16.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) think of wild ideas
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create

Answer key

  1. redesign after testing
  2. no, it repeats
  3. False
  4. Plan
  5. make a prototype
  6. try it out
  7. fix the weak part
  8. make it better, retest
  9. Improve
  10. False
  11. False
  12. Ask
  13. Improve
  14. Ask
  15. Create
  16. False
  17. Imagine
  18. Ask
  19. Ask
  20. Improve
  21. Create
  22. Improve
  23. pick the build order
  24. Test
  25. dream up possible fixes
  26. Plan
  27. Test
  28. Imagine
  29. Ask
  30. Imagine
  31. False
  32. Plan
  33. Improve
  34. find the limits
  35. define the problem
  36. False
  37. Imagine
  38. Ask
  39. Imagine
  40. Ask

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