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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 791 · 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.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  2. 2.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) check it against goals
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) fix the weak part (d) measure its performance
  16. 16.🔄 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
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  23. 23.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  40. 40.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. True
  3. False
  4. Plan
  5. Ask
  6. Plan
  7. draw a labelled diagram
  8. Test
  9. fix the weak part
  10. Create
  11. Plan
  12. Ask
  13. True
  14. Improve
  15. list the materials
  16. no, it repeats
  17. Create
  18. False
  19. Plan
  20. False
  21. Ask
  22. Imagine
  23. False
  24. ask who will use it
  25. Ask
  26. Imagine
  27. define the problem
  28. Ask
  29. Improve
  30. Create
  31. True
  32. Ask
  33. Imagine
  34. True
  35. try it out
  36. Ask
  37. Improve
  38. measure its performance
  39. Plan
  40. False

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