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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 394 · 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) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) check it against goals
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  7. 7.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) draw a labelled diagram
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  28. 28.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  33. 33.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. think of wild ideas
  2. Create
  3. make it better, retest
  4. Plan
  5. Improve
  6. list the materials
  7. True
  8. True
  9. ask who will use it
  10. Imagine
  11. Improve
  12. Imagine
  13. fix the weak part
  14. Ask
  15. False
  16. Imagine
  17. Ask
  18. Ask
  19. Create
  20. False
  21. Plan
  22. Plan
  23. Improve
  24. make a prototype
  25. Ask
  26. no, it repeats
  27. Imagine
  28. Ask
  29. Imagine
  30. dream up possible fixes
  31. Improve
  32. find the limits
  33. False
  34. Improve
  35. redesign after testing
  36. False
  37. Ask
  38. Imagine
  39. True
  40. True

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