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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 383 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  15. 15.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) find the limits
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Improve
  3. Imagine
  4. Plan
  5. Improve
  6. think of wild ideas
  7. Ask
  8. Plan
  9. Plan
  10. Ask
  11. no, it repeats
  12. Imagine
  13. Plan
  14. Test
  15. False
  16. make it better, retest
  17. Plan
  18. False
  19. measure its performance
  20. redesign after testing
  21. Imagine
  22. Imagine
  23. Test
  24. Test
  25. Improve
  26. Ask
  27. Imagine
  28. Ask
  29. build the model
  30. Plan
  31. False
  32. try it out
  33. Improve
  34. Create
  35. Plan
  36. Imagine
  37. False
  38. find the limits
  39. dream up possible fixes
  40. Plan

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