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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 555 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) pick the build order (d) define the problem
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) think of wild ideas
  13. 13.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  22. 22.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  39. 39.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Create
  3. Plan
  4. False
  5. Plan
  6. Imagine
  7. pick the build order
  8. build the model
  9. Improve
  10. Imagine
  11. check it against goals
  12. draw a labelled diagram
  13. False
  14. False
  15. Ask
  16. Imagine
  17. Improve
  18. True
  19. Ask
  20. Ask
  21. dream up possible fixes
  22. True
  23. Plan
  24. Imagine
  25. redesign after testing
  26. Create
  27. Test
  28. True
  29. define the problem
  30. Improve
  31. Ask
  32. Plan
  33. Improve
  34. try it out
  35. ask who will use it
  36. Ask
  37. measure its performance
  38. make a prototype
  39. False
  40. True

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