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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 285 · 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, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  2. 2.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) follow the plan to build (d) fix the weak part
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  18. 18.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  25. 25.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  29. 29.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) fix the weak part
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) pick the build order
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test

Answer key

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

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