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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 441 · 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) ask who will use it (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) pick the build order (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  6. 6.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  9. 9.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) list the materials (c) define the problem (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out

Answer key

  1. think of wild ideas
  2. Test
  3. Imagine
  4. check it against goals
  5. redesign after testing
  6. False
  7. Plan
  8. Create
  9. True
  10. Create
  11. Plan
  12. Ask
  13. follow the plan to build
  14. Imagine
  15. no, it repeats
  16. Create
  17. Ask
  18. try it out
  19. list the materials
  20. Ask
  21. Ask
  22. ask who will use it
  23. Improve
  24. Ask
  25. Test
  26. Improve
  27. draw a labelled diagram
  28. Plan
  29. Plan
  30. Improve
  31. False
  32. Ask
  33. dream up possible fixes
  34. Imagine
  35. pick the build order
  36. Create
  37. brainstorm many ideas
  38. True
  39. Improve
  40. make it better, retest

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