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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 528 · 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 ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) think of wild ideas (d) make a prototype
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  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 is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  25. 25.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  33. 33.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. think of wild ideas
  3. Create
  4. Test
  5. Ask
  6. Imagine
  7. Ask
  8. brainstorm many ideas
  9. Ask
  10. Plan
  11. define the problem
  12. Ask
  13. Create
  14. Ask
  15. False
  16. False
  17. Improve
  18. build the model
  19. Ask
  20. Plan
  21. Imagine
  22. try it out
  23. list the materials
  24. Create
  25. False
  26. False
  27. Improve
  28. False
  29. Create
  30. check it against goals
  31. Imagine
  32. pick the build order
  33. True
  34. Create
  35. find the limits
  36. Imagine
  37. False
  38. Test
  39. True
  40. ask who will use it

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