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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 228 · 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 of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  2. 2.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 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
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  11. 11.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  18. 18.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  25. 25.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  36. 36.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. define the problem
  2. False
  3. Imagine
  4. think of wild ideas
  5. Imagine
  6. dream up possible fixes
  7. Plan
  8. Test
  9. no, it repeats
  10. Plan
  11. False
  12. Imagine
  13. Plan
  14. Plan
  15. Ask
  16. Improve
  17. Create
  18. False
  19. Create
  20. True
  21. False
  22. Plan
  23. Create
  24. follow the plan to build
  25. True
  26. Create
  27. Ask
  28. Imagine
  29. Ask
  30. Improve
  31. True
  32. build the model
  33. Improve
  34. Imagine
  35. Improve
  36. False
  37. Ask
  38. make it better, retest
  39. pick the build order
  40. Improve

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