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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 193 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  11. 11.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) build the model (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  30. 30.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  32. 32.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  33. 33.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  40. 40.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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