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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 134 · 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 Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  5. 5.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  10. 10.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) make it better, retest (d) find the limits
  17. 17.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  19. 19.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) fix the weak part
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  23. 23.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  28. 28.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) build the model (d) make a prototype
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) think of wild ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) make a prototype

Answer key

  1. ask who will use it
  2. Plan
  3. Ask
  4. Ask
  5. False
  6. Imagine
  7. define the problem
  8. Ask
  9. Imagine
  10. False
  11. Imagine
  12. brainstorm many ideas
  13. find the limits
  14. Test
  15. redesign after testing
  16. make it better, retest
  17. True
  18. follow the plan to build
  19. False
  20. try it out
  21. Create
  22. Improve
  23. True
  24. Imagine
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Test
  28. True
  29. Ask
  30. no, it repeats
  31. think of wild ideas
  32. Plan
  33. dream up possible fixes
  34. Improve
  35. Create
  36. Improve
  37. False
  38. Ask
  39. Improve
  40. fix the weak part

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