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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 183 · 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 ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  3. 3.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 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
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  16. 16.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) follow the plan to build
  27. 27.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  34. 34.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it

Answer key

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

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