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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 55 · 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) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  8. 8.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  24. 24.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  30. 30.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  32. 32.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) draw a labelled diagram
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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