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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 848 · 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 design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  2. 2.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) follow the plan to build (d) check it against goals
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  9. 9.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
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) fix the weak part
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  17. 17.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) make it better, retest (d) find the limits
  25. 25.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  30. 30.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  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: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. False
  3. False
  4. Imagine
  5. Ask
  6. Ask
  7. make it better, retest
  8. Plan
  9. think of wild ideas
  10. fix the weak part
  11. Ask
  12. False
  13. Plan
  14. False
  15. make a prototype
  16. ask who will use it
  17. True
  18. check it against goals
  19. Test
  20. Plan
  21. Plan
  22. Improve
  23. Ask
  24. find the limits
  25. True
  26. True
  27. Improve
  28. Improve
  29. measure its performance
  30. True
  31. Plan
  32. Improve
  33. Plan
  34. list the materials
  35. Create
  36. Plan
  37. Imagine
  38. Ask
  39. pick the build order
  40. redesign after testing

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