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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 598 · 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 “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) find the limits
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  7. 7.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) fix the weak part (d) check it against goals
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  26. 26.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  32. 32.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) try it out (c) follow the plan to build (d) fix the weak part
  34. 34.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. Improve
  3. make a prototype
  4. make it better, retest
  5. Ask
  6. Create
  7. False
  8. False
  9. build the model
  10. Improve
  11. Improve
  12. check it against goals
  13. Test
  14. define the problem
  15. Imagine
  16. Improve
  17. no, it repeats
  18. Create
  19. Create
  20. True
  21. Create
  22. True
  23. Plan
  24. True
  25. Improve
  26. False
  27. measure its performance
  28. Plan
  29. Plan
  30. brainstorm many ideas
  31. Test
  32. Ask
  33. fix the weak part
  34. False
  35. True
  36. True
  37. find the limits
  38. Plan
  39. Create
  40. draw a labelled diagram

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