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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 807 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  15. 15.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  19. 19.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  22. 22.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  33. 33.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. redesign after testing
  3. Create
  4. Imagine
  5. Create
  6. draw a labelled diagram
  7. Ask
  8. Improve
  9. pick the build order
  10. Ask
  11. Imagine
  12. Improve
  13. try it out
  14. make a prototype
  15. True
  16. Improve
  17. Imagine
  18. Ask
  19. False
  20. False
  21. think of wild ideas
  22. True
  23. False
  24. Imagine
  25. False
  26. False
  27. Improve
  28. Test
  29. Plan
  30. Improve
  31. build the model
  32. Imagine
  33. True
  34. Imagine
  35. Ask
  36. Create
  37. False
  38. Create
  39. measure its performance
  40. Test

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