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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 158 · 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 Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  4. 4.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  10. 10.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  17. 17.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  32. 32.🔄 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
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) redesign after testing
  36. 36.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan

Answer key

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

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