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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 251 · 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.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) check it against goals
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  15. 15.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) find the limits
  26. 26.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  31. 31.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) check it against goals (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  40. 40.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Ask
  3. Imagine
  4. Ask
  5. Imagine
  6. Test
  7. Plan
  8. Ask
  9. Imagine
  10. Imagine
  11. check it against goals
  12. Ask
  13. Test
  14. Improve
  15. False
  16. Improve
  17. Plan
  18. Create
  19. draw a labelled diagram
  20. fix the weak part
  21. Imagine
  22. Improve
  23. brainstorm many ideas
  24. find the limits
  25. follow the plan to build
  26. True
  27. Improve
  28. Ask
  29. ask who will use it
  30. build the model
  31. False
  32. Imagine
  33. Plan
  34. redesign after testing
  35. Plan
  36. Create
  37. Imagine
  38. False
  39. pick the build order
  40. True

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