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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 332 · 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 redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  9. 9.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  11. 11.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) define the problem
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) fix the weak part
  23. 23.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  31. 31.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  32. 32.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  37. 37.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve

Answer key

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

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