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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 339 · 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 of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  5. 5.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) try it out (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  16. 16.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  17. 17.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  20. 20.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) build the model (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create

Answer key

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

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