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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 51 · 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, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  10. 10.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) draw a labelled diagram
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  28. 28.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) think of wild ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) brainstorm many ideas
  34. 34.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) follow the plan to build
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  38. 38.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Improve
  3. False
  4. True
  5. Imagine
  6. draw a labelled diagram
  7. Plan
  8. redesign after testing
  9. Ask
  10. False
  11. Test
  12. make it better, retest
  13. Imagine
  14. build the model
  15. Plan
  16. no, it repeats
  17. Imagine
  18. Imagine
  19. Improve
  20. Test
  21. follow the plan to build
  22. Imagine
  23. Ask
  24. Ask
  25. Ask
  26. define the problem
  27. pick the build order
  28. Improve
  29. Ask
  30. Plan
  31. Imagine
  32. Create
  33. ask who will use it
  34. True
  35. find the limits
  36. Imagine
  37. try it out
  38. Plan
  39. Test
  40. Ask

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