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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 589 · 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 “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) dream up possible fixes (c) check it against goals (d) try it out
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  11. 11.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  22. 22.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  24. 24.🔄 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
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  26. 26.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  31. 31.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) make a prototype
  33. 33.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  35. 35.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) build the model
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve

Answer key

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

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