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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 190 · 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 think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  18. 18.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) dream up possible fixes (d) ask who will use it
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  29. 29.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  32. 32.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. Plan
  3. fix the weak part
  4. Imagine
  5. ask who will use it
  6. Ask
  7. Improve
  8. Ask
  9. False
  10. Imagine
  11. Plan
  12. Create
  13. Create
  14. pick the build order
  15. Ask
  16. Create
  17. Ask
  18. True
  19. Plan
  20. redesign after testing
  21. Improve
  22. find the limits
  23. make it better, retest
  24. check it against goals
  25. build the model
  26. brainstorm many ideas
  27. Test
  28. Plan
  29. False
  30. Improve
  31. Ask
  32. True
  33. False
  34. True
  35. Plan
  36. Create
  37. True
  38. Create
  39. Ask
  40. Create

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