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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 418 · 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) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) pick the build order
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) brainstorm many ideas
  10. 10.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  15. 15.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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