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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 979 · 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.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) make it better, retest (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  14. 14.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  17. 17.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) think of wild ideas (d) build the model
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) find the limits
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) build the model

Answer key

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

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