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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 626 · 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) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) list the materials (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  9. 9.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) ask who will use it
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  18. 18.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  20. 20.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  22. 22.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) check it against goals
  28. 28.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test

Answer key

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

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