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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Imagine
  3. Ask
  4. define the problem
  5. Create
  6. Create
  7. Improve
  8. True
  9. no, it repeats
  10. Plan
  11. Test
  12. draw a labelled diagram
  13. Plan
  14. Test
  15. measure its performance
  16. Test
  17. brainstorm many ideas
  18. Imagine
  19. Ask
  20. True
  21. Improve
  22. Ask
  23. Imagine
  24. pick the build order
  25. Plan
  26. Test
  27. Improve
  28. Ask
  29. False
  30. think of wild ideas
  31. False
  32. False
  33. fix the weak part
  34. Create
  35. make a prototype
  36. build the model
  37. False
  38. True
  39. find the limits
  40. Create

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