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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 490 · 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 think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) ask who will use it (c) redesign after testing (d) make it better, retest
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  5. 5.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) build the model (d) redesign after testing
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) find the limits
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  32. 32.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  35. 35.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. Imagine
  3. ask who will use it
  4. brainstorm many ideas
  5. False
  6. Test
  7. Plan
  8. no, it repeats
  9. Improve
  10. Ask
  11. False
  12. Imagine
  13. Test
  14. Ask
  15. Ask
  16. Test
  17. Create
  18. Improve
  19. True
  20. Create
  21. Create
  22. False
  23. Improve
  24. list the materials
  25. Test
  26. Imagine
  27. think of wild ideas
  28. Improve
  29. check it against goals
  30. Create
  31. make a prototype
  32. Plan
  33. True
  34. Ask
  35. True
  36. Plan
  37. Improve
  38. Ask
  39. True
  40. True

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