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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 223 · 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) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  5. 5.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  11. 11.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make it better, retest (c) fix the weak part (d) follow the plan to build
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  25. 25.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  27. 27.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  37. 37.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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