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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 449 · 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 design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  6. 6.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  15. 15.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) fix the weak part
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  25. 25.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  27. 27.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  30. 30.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) define the problem
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  40. 40.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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