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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 222 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) try it out (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Ask
  3. find the limits
  4. define the problem
  5. Create
  6. brainstorm many ideas
  7. Improve
  8. think of wild ideas
  9. Plan
  10. Plan
  11. Improve
  12. Imagine
  13. Plan
  14. Test
  15. False
  16. Test
  17. Improve
  18. True
  19. Improve
  20. Ask
  21. list the materials
  22. Test
  23. check it against goals
  24. Create
  25. Improve
  26. Imagine
  27. ask who will use it
  28. build the model
  29. Create
  30. Improve
  31. Imagine
  32. Ask
  33. Imagine
  34. False
  35. Test
  36. Imagine
  37. Plan
  38. Imagine
  39. try it out
  40. Plan

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