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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 516 · 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 Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) think of wild ideas (d) build the model
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  12. 12.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  17. 17.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  24. 24.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) follow the plan to build
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) redesign after testing (d) make a prototype
  38. 38.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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