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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 246 · 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 Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  13. 13.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  37. 37.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) check it against goals
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create

Answer key

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

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