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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 967 · 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 Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  9. 9.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) draw a labelled diagram
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  28. 28.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  34. 34.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  36. 36.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing

Answer key

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

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