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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 42 · 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) think of wild ideas (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  5. 5.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) make it better, retest (d) follow the plan to build
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) ask who will use it
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  17. 17.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  20. 20.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  27. 27.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test

Answer key

  1. think of wild ideas
  2. Improve
  3. Improve
  4. Imagine
  5. False
  6. Create
  7. Plan
  8. Imagine
  9. follow the plan to build
  10. find the limits
  11. pick the build order
  12. Create
  13. ask who will use it
  14. Ask
  15. Improve
  16. Ask
  17. False
  18. True
  19. make it better, retest
  20. False
  21. Test
  22. Improve
  23. Ask
  24. Ask
  25. Test
  26. Plan
  27. False
  28. True
  29. True
  30. try it out
  31. Improve
  32. Ask
  33. Plan
  34. Test
  35. Create
  36. Create
  37. True
  38. Ask
  39. fix the weak part
  40. Ask

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