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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 114 · 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, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) list the materials
  17. 17.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  31. 31.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Improve
  3. Improve
  4. Imagine
  5. True
  6. True
  7. True
  8. Create
  9. Improve
  10. Plan
  11. Test
  12. Plan
  13. Imagine
  14. Test
  15. build the model
  16. follow the plan to build
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. Create
  21. Ask
  22. False
  23. Imagine
  24. Plan
  25. Create
  26. Test
  27. dream up possible fixes
  28. fix the weak part
  29. check it against goals
  30. Create
  31. True
  32. Ask
  33. Improve
  34. make it better, retest
  35. Imagine
  36. Ask
  37. Improve
  38. Imagine
  39. Ask
  40. True

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