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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 324 · 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 brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  13. 13.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  21. 21.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  37. 37.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Ask
  3. Ask
  4. draw a labelled diagram
  5. dream up possible fixes
  6. Improve
  7. Imagine
  8. Plan
  9. try it out
  10. Create
  11. Imagine
  12. Plan
  13. True
  14. Ask
  15. Improve
  16. build the model
  17. Ask
  18. list the materials
  19. make it better, retest
  20. Improve
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Ask
  24. Improve
  25. Plan
  26. Plan
  27. Create
  28. Plan
  29. Ask
  30. check it against goals
  31. Create
  32. define the problem
  33. fix the weak part
  34. Create
  35. think of wild ideas
  36. measure its performance
  37. False
  38. Imagine
  39. True
  40. redesign after testing

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