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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 511 · 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) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  19. 19.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  22. 22.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  26. 26.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  36. 36.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) redesign after testing
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. define the problem
  3. list the materials
  4. Test
  5. Create
  6. Plan
  7. build the model
  8. Plan
  9. Ask
  10. check it against goals
  11. Plan
  12. no, it repeats
  13. Improve
  14. Imagine
  15. Ask
  16. Test
  17. make it better, retest
  18. Ask
  19. False
  20. Ask
  21. Create
  22. False
  23. False
  24. Ask
  25. Ask
  26. True
  27. Plan
  28. fix the weak part
  29. Imagine
  30. follow the plan to build
  31. Plan
  32. Improve
  33. Test
  34. brainstorm many ideas
  35. try it out
  36. True
  37. Plan
  38. Ask
  39. redesign after testing
  40. Test

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