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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 552 · 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 Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  13. 13.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) draw a labelled diagram
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  24. 24.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  32. 32.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test

Answer key

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

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