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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 865 · 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 Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  2. 2.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  7. 7.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  10. 10.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  29. 29.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  33. 33.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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