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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 581 · 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, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  7. 7.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  13. 13.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  15. 15.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) check it against goals
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  18. 18.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  31. 31.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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