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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 885 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) list the materials
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) give up
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  16. 16.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  24. 24.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  29. 29.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  40. 40.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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