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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 849 · 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 measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  8. 8.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  18. 18.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  25. 25.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  31. 31.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  34. 34.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  36. 36.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan

Answer key

  1. Test
  2. Improve
  3. Improve
  4. pick the build order
  5. Improve
  6. Improve
  7. Test
  8. True
  9. Test
  10. Plan
  11. Improve
  12. Plan
  13. find the limits
  14. fix the weak part
  15. Plan
  16. True
  17. brainstorm many ideas
  18. False
  19. draw a labelled diagram
  20. Create
  21. False
  22. Imagine
  23. build the model
  24. no, it repeats
  25. True
  26. Ask
  27. Ask
  28. Imagine
  29. Ask
  30. check it against goals
  31. True
  32. False
  33. list the materials
  34. Plan
  35. Ask
  36. False
  37. Ask
  38. Plan
  39. Ask
  40. Imagine

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