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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 44 · 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) make it better, retest (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) pick the build order (d) draw a labelled diagram
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  4. 4.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) check it against goals
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  15. 15.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) follow the plan to build
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  28. 28.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  35. 35.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve

Answer key

  1. think of wild ideas
  2. dream up possible fixes
  3. Create
  4. False
  5. Ask
  6. make a prototype
  7. Improve
  8. Improve
  9. False
  10. Imagine
  11. Create
  12. build the model
  13. Improve
  14. Ask
  15. False
  16. Imagine
  17. fix the weak part
  18. Plan
  19. True
  20. Plan
  21. Plan
  22. try it out
  23. Ask
  24. True
  25. Ask
  26. Imagine
  27. Ask
  28. True
  29. Test
  30. True
  31. Create
  32. Imagine
  33. Plan
  34. Test
  35. False
  36. Test
  37. Improve
  38. Create
  39. list the materials
  40. Ask

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