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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 133 · 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 brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  4. 4.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  12. 12.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  15. 15.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  17. 17.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  20. 20.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  31. 31.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  34. 34.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Plan
  3. Imagine
  4. False
  5. no, it repeats
  6. Ask
  7. Create
  8. Plan
  9. Improve
  10. Plan
  11. fix the weak part
  12. False
  13. draw a labelled diagram
  14. Imagine
  15. False
  16. Improve
  17. True
  18. redesign after testing
  19. Imagine
  20. True
  21. False
  22. Ask
  23. Ask
  24. Ask
  25. define the problem
  26. Plan
  27. True
  28. False
  29. Create
  30. pick the build order
  31. False
  32. find the limits
  33. brainstorm many ideas
  34. True
  35. build the model
  36. try it out
  37. Ask
  38. Plan
  39. False
  40. Imagine

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