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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 473 · 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 Test step? (a) list the materials (b) try it out (c) redesign after testing (d) make it better, retest
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) build the model
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  6. 6.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 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
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  23. 23.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) pick the build order
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  37. 37.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask

Answer key

  1. try it out
  2. think of wild ideas
  3. Ask
  4. Create
  5. Imagine
  6. True
  7. no, it repeats
  8. False
  9. Create
  10. Ask
  11. Create
  12. Imagine
  13. dream up possible fixes
  14. Ask
  15. Ask
  16. Imagine
  17. Ask
  18. Plan
  19. Plan
  20. ask who will use it
  21. measure its performance
  22. Imagine
  23. False
  24. define the problem
  25. Test
  26. Plan
  27. draw a labelled diagram
  28. Ask
  29. Ask
  30. Improve
  31. Imagine
  32. True
  33. False
  34. Plan
  35. False
  36. brainstorm many ideas
  37. Improve
  38. Ask
  39. Plan
  40. Ask

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