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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 321 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  9. 9.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) ask who will use it
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  14. 14.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) pick the build order
  20. 20.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) think of wild ideas
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. False
  3. Plan
  4. Test
  5. Improve
  6. Imagine
  7. Ask
  8. Plan
  9. True
  10. ask who will use it
  11. Plan
  12. False
  13. think of wild ideas
  14. False
  15. Ask
  16. Improve
  17. Ask
  18. True
  19. build the model
  20. False
  21. follow the plan to build
  22. Ask
  23. Create
  24. Test
  25. fix the weak part
  26. Imagine
  27. make it better, retest
  28. find the limits
  29. Imagine
  30. Test
  31. True
  32. Imagine
  33. Plan
  34. Imagine
  35. False
  36. Improve
  37. dream up possible fixes
  38. Test
  39. False
  40. Create

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