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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 267 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make it better, retest
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) pick the build order (d) define the problem
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  23. 23.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) try it out (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) follow the plan to build
  30. 30.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) ask who will use it
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) check it against goals
  38. 38.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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