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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 636 · 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) Imagine (b) Create
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) build the model (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  15. 15.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  19. 19.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  28. 28.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  31. 31.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  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 Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. Ask
  3. True
  4. Improve
  5. think of wild ideas
  6. Ask
  7. draw a labelled diagram
  8. follow the plan to build
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. Ask
  12. False
  13. Test
  14. Plan
  15. True
  16. check it against goals
  17. Test
  18. Imagine
  19. False
  20. Imagine
  21. True
  22. Plan
  23. Improve
  24. Improve
  25. Imagine
  26. ask who will use it
  27. Create
  28. False
  29. Plan
  30. redesign after testing
  31. Improve
  32. Ask
  33. define the problem
  34. Improve
  35. True
  36. Test
  37. Imagine
  38. Create
  39. Imagine
  40. dream up possible fixes

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