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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 196 · 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 brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  7. 7.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  19. 19.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  21. 21.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) brainstorm many ideas
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  26. 26.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  32. 32.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  36. 36.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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