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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 912 · 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.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) make it better, retest
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  8. 8.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  31. 31.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) make it better, retest
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) follow the plan to build
  40. 40.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Improve
  3. Plan
  4. dream up possible fixes
  5. Create
  6. Improve
  7. Imagine
  8. False
  9. Ask
  10. follow the plan to build
  11. Create
  12. Ask
  13. Plan
  14. build the model
  15. Improve
  16. Test
  17. try it out
  18. Imagine
  19. brainstorm many ideas
  20. no, it repeats
  21. ask who will use it
  22. Ask
  23. Create
  24. list the materials
  25. Ask
  26. Ask
  27. Ask
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Test
  31. Improve
  32. False
  33. pick the build order
  34. Create
  35. think of wild ideas
  36. Ask
  37. Imagine
  38. redesign after testing
  39. check it against goals
  40. False

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