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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 442 · 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, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  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 fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  11. 11.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  23. 23.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) build the model
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) fix the weak part (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  33. 33.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Plan
  3. Ask
  4. Plan
  5. Ask
  6. False
  7. Improve
  8. Create
  9. define the problem
  10. Plan
  11. True
  12. Ask
  13. False
  14. Create
  15. Test
  16. fix the weak part
  17. Plan
  18. Improve
  19. Test
  20. Improve
  21. Imagine
  22. list the materials
  23. True
  24. Create
  25. make it better, retest
  26. ask who will use it
  27. draw a labelled diagram
  28. check it against goals
  29. Plan
  30. Plan
  31. False
  32. think of wild ideas
  33. True
  34. pick the build order
  35. Improve
  36. brainstorm many ideas
  37. Imagine
  38. Create
  39. True
  40. Ask

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