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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 475 · 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 “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  11. 11.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) make it better, retest (d) brainstorm many ideas
  17. 17.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make a prototype (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) find the limits
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. False
  3. Ask
  4. Plan
  5. fix the weak part
  6. check it against goals
  7. Ask
  8. Improve
  9. Improve
  10. Imagine
  11. False
  12. Improve
  13. False
  14. pick the build order
  15. Imagine
  16. brainstorm many ideas
  17. False
  18. Imagine
  19. Imagine
  20. Create
  21. Plan
  22. Ask
  23. Plan
  24. no, it repeats
  25. Create
  26. Imagine
  27. find the limits
  28. Improve
  29. Plan
  30. Plan
  31. Ask
  32. Test
  33. Test
  34. draw a labelled diagram
  35. define the problem
  36. think of wild ideas
  37. dream up possible fixes
  38. Ask
  39. Test
  40. make a prototype

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