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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 397 · 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 is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  5. 5.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) draw a labelled diagram
  17. 17.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) find the limits
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  37. 37.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) make it better, retest (d) define the problem
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. make it better, retest
  3. try it out
  4. Ask
  5. False
  6. True
  7. Plan
  8. Imagine
  9. build the model
  10. Create
  11. Plan
  12. ask who will use it
  13. Ask
  14. Imagine
  15. Improve
  16. dream up possible fixes
  17. Ask
  18. Improve
  19. Create
  20. no, it repeats
  21. fix the weak part
  22. Improve
  23. find the limits
  24. check it against goals
  25. Create
  26. Test
  27. Imagine
  28. Imagine
  29. brainstorm many ideas
  30. Test
  31. Ask
  32. Test
  33. Imagine
  34. Plan
  35. measure its performance
  36. Imagine
  37. False
  38. Plan
  39. define the problem
  40. Plan

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