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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 860 · 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 build the model? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  4. 4.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 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
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) make it better, retest
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  13. 13.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  17. 17.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  29. 29.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) make a prototype (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  36. 36.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. Imagine
  3. pick the build order
  4. True
  5. Improve
  6. Improve
  7. no, it repeats
  8. True
  9. Create
  10. Ask
  11. brainstorm many ideas
  12. Imagine
  13. False
  14. Create
  15. find the limits
  16. Plan
  17. True
  18. True
  19. Plan
  20. Improve
  21. True
  22. Create
  23. Plan
  24. Create
  25. Ask
  26. Ask
  27. Test
  28. Improve
  29. False
  30. True
  31. Test
  32. Improve
  33. False
  34. Imagine
  35. define the problem
  36. Ask
  37. measure its performance
  38. Test
  39. dream up possible fixes
  40. False

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