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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 194 · 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 follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  12. 12.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  23. 23.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  25. 25.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  27. 27.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. draw a labelled diagram
  3. Imagine
  4. Plan
  5. Improve
  6. True
  7. False
  8. Plan
  9. make it better, retest
  10. list the materials
  11. find the limits
  12. False
  13. Ask
  14. Improve
  15. Test
  16. define the problem
  17. pick the build order
  18. Create
  19. True
  20. False
  21. follow the plan to build
  22. Create
  23. False
  24. make a prototype
  25. True
  26. Improve
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Imagine
  30. Ask
  31. Imagine
  32. build the model
  33. Plan
  34. Plan
  35. False
  36. Ask
  37. Ask
  38. True
  39. Imagine
  40. Test

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