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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 438 · 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 comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make a prototype
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) find the limits
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  16. 16.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  19. 19.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) give up
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) make it better, retest (d) dream up possible fixes
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  39. 39.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. ask who will use it
  3. make a prototype
  4. brainstorm many ideas
  5. Ask
  6. Ask
  7. Plan
  8. Improve
  9. Create
  10. Test
  11. redesign after testing
  12. Ask
  13. Imagine
  14. False
  15. pick the build order
  16. True
  17. fix the weak part
  18. Plan
  19. True
  20. Improve
  21. Improve
  22. Imagine
  23. Ask
  24. Improve
  25. Create
  26. Test
  27. define the problem
  28. Improve
  29. no, it repeats
  30. Imagine
  31. Ask
  32. Imagine
  33. Plan
  34. follow the plan to build
  35. Plan
  36. Plan
  37. Improve
  38. find the limits
  39. False
  40. check it against goals

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