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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 602 · 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 comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  5. 5.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  11. 11.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  14. 14.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  23. 23.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) list the materials
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  30. 30.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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