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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 182 · 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 design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  3. 3.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  8. 8.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) ask who will use it
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  13. 13.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) dream up possible fixes (d) think of wild ideas
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  21. 21.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
  25. 25.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) list the materials (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) follow the plan to build (d) measure its performance
  30. 30.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  32. 32.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) list the materials

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. Imagine
  3. False
  4. Ask
  5. Improve
  6. Improve
  7. Create
  8. False
  9. brainstorm many ideas
  10. Create
  11. Test
  12. Imagine
  13. True
  14. Ask
  15. Ask
  16. draw a labelled diagram
  17. Ask
  18. Plan
  19. no, it repeats
  20. Ask
  21. True
  22. False
  23. Improve
  24. make a prototype
  25. True
  26. check it against goals
  27. Plan
  28. True
  29. follow the plan to build
  30. True
  31. Test
  32. False
  33. measure its performance
  34. Imagine
  35. Imagine
  36. pick the build order
  37. try it out
  38. Imagine
  39. Ask
  40. build the model

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