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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 393 · 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) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  11. 11.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  17. 17.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  24. 24.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  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 comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  31. 31.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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