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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 850 · 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 Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  8. 8.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) make it better, retest (d) define the problem
  20. 20.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  25. 25.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) build the model (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  29. 29.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) fix the weak part
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  35. 35.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask

Answer key

  1. make a prototype
  2. Improve
  3. define the problem
  4. Improve
  5. Imagine
  6. Ask
  7. Test
  8. False
  9. Test
  10. True
  11. Imagine
  12. Improve
  13. Imagine
  14. Ask
  15. check it against goals
  16. Test
  17. Plan
  18. Plan
  19. try it out
  20. False
  21. True
  22. no, it repeats
  23. Create
  24. fix the weak part
  25. False
  26. Plan
  27. Plan
  28. dream up possible fixes
  29. True
  30. False
  31. Ask
  32. Create
  33. brainstorm many ideas
  34. make it better, retest
  35. False
  36. draw a labelled diagram
  37. Improve
  38. Imagine
  39. redesign after testing
  40. Ask

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