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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 842 · 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) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  5. 5.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  9. 9.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  13. 13.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) think of wild ideas
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) check it against goals
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) try it out

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Improve
  3. Improve
  4. Test
  5. True
  6. True
  7. Ask
  8. think of wild ideas
  9. False
  10. Imagine
  11. Plan
  12. Test
  13. True
  14. Plan
  15. make a prototype
  16. Plan
  17. Ask
  18. fix the weak part
  19. Ask
  20. Plan
  21. True
  22. True
  23. define the problem
  24. ask who will use it
  25. draw a labelled diagram
  26. Create
  27. Improve
  28. Create
  29. Improve
  30. try it out
  31. Improve
  32. Imagine
  33. list the materials
  34. Test
  35. Ask
  36. dream up possible fixes
  37. Imagine
  38. Ask
  39. Test
  40. pick the build order

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