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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 341 · 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 think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  2. 2.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  6. 6.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  19. 19.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  23. 23.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) follow the plan to build
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) think of wild ideas
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  28. 28.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) check it against goals
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. False
  3. Plan
  4. think of wild ideas
  5. make a prototype
  6. False
  7. find the limits
  8. follow the plan to build
  9. Plan
  10. Ask
  11. Improve
  12. Imagine
  13. Ask
  14. Improve
  15. fix the weak part
  16. Ask
  17. Plan
  18. list the materials
  19. False
  20. Create
  21. Imagine
  22. Ask
  23. False
  24. Create
  25. brainstorm many ideas
  26. check it against goals
  27. measure its performance
  28. True
  29. Ask
  30. Imagine
  31. Create
  32. define the problem
  33. Ask
  34. Test
  35. False
  36. Ask
  37. Improve
  38. Create
  39. False
  40. Test

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