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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 355 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  21. 21.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  26. 26.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  35. 35.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan

Answer key

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

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