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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Improve
  3. Test
  4. try it out
  5. Plan
  6. Improve
  7. think of wild ideas
  8. Test
  9. Ask
  10. False
  11. Ask
  12. Ask
  13. dream up possible fixes
  14. Improve
  15. Imagine
  16. Imagine
  17. True
  18. True
  19. Create
  20. Plan
  21. pick the build order
  22. define the problem
  23. False
  24. brainstorm many ideas
  25. Plan
  26. Test
  27. Plan
  28. Improve
  29. False
  30. Ask
  31. Imagine
  32. build the model
  33. Improve
  34. Plan
  35. Imagine
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Ask
  39. False
  40. False

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