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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 406 · 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, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  16. 16.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  26. 26.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  29. 29.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  30. 30.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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