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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 632 · 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: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) brainstorm many ideas
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) find the limits
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  13. 13.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) list the materials (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  30. 30.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  33. 33.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  36. 36.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  39. 39.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. ask who will use it
  3. fix the weak part
  4. Imagine
  5. Plan
  6. Plan
  7. Ask
  8. Improve
  9. measure its performance
  10. try it out
  11. Plan
  12. pick the build order
  13. False
  14. Ask
  15. Create
  16. Ask
  17. Imagine
  18. Improve
  19. build the model
  20. brainstorm many ideas
  21. Create
  22. Ask
  23. Plan
  24. Create
  25. False
  26. Improve
  27. Ask
  28. dream up possible fixes
  29. draw a labelled diagram
  30. False
  31. Improve
  32. Imagine
  33. False
  34. find the limits
  35. Improve
  36. True
  37. Create
  38. Test
  39. no, it repeats
  40. Test

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