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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 127 · 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 “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  6. 6.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) brainstorm many ideas
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  13. 13.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  18. 18.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  21. 21.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  31. 31.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  40. 40.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Test
  2. Imagine
  3. Ask
  4. Imagine
  5. Imagine
  6. False
  7. try it out
  8. Plan
  9. brainstorm many ideas
  10. Test
  11. ask who will use it
  12. Create
  13. False
  14. False
  15. False
  16. find the limits
  17. follow the plan to build
  18. True
  19. Ask
  20. draw a labelled diagram
  21. True
  22. define the problem
  23. check it against goals
  24. Plan
  25. True
  26. Ask
  27. True
  28. False
  29. Create
  30. Ask
  31. True
  32. Ask
  33. Ask
  34. True
  35. False
  36. Plan
  37. Ask
  38. False
  39. Improve
  40. False

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