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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 384 · 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) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) check it against goals
  6. 6.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) fix the weak part
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) check it against goals (d) try it out
  27. 27.🔄 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
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  29. 29.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  37. 37.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  40. 40.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. Plan
  3. Create
  4. Ask
  5. make a prototype
  6. True
  7. False
  8. Ask
  9. Imagine
  10. Plan
  11. Test
  12. False
  13. Imagine
  14. Improve
  15. Improve
  16. Test
  17. Ask
  18. Improve
  19. pick the build order
  20. draw a labelled diagram
  21. False
  22. Improve
  23. Plan
  24. False
  25. False
  26. follow the plan to build
  27. no, it repeats
  28. Test
  29. True
  30. Ask
  31. Imagine
  32. Plan
  33. Ask
  34. Create
  35. Ask
  36. Imagine
  37. False
  38. False
  39. think of wild ideas
  40. True

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