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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 809 · 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 Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) pick the build order
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  6. 6.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  36. 36.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. think of wild ideas
  2. Improve
  3. False
  4. follow the plan to build
  5. no, it repeats
  6. False
  7. Create
  8. Ask
  9. Create
  10. Improve
  11. list the materials
  12. try it out
  13. Imagine
  14. Ask
  15. Test
  16. Ask
  17. Ask
  18. True
  19. redesign after testing
  20. Ask
  21. find the limits
  22. draw a labelled diagram
  23. fix the weak part
  24. Ask
  25. Improve
  26. Plan
  27. define the problem
  28. Plan
  29. Plan
  30. Imagine
  31. False
  32. Imagine
  33. Ask
  34. False
  35. Plan
  36. True
  37. Ask
  38. True
  39. False
  40. Improve

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