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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 660 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  2. 2.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  8. 8.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.🔄 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
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  26. 26.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  36. 36.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  39. 39.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. False
  3. Improve
  4. Plan
  5. Imagine
  6. Imagine
  7. Improve
  8. False
  9. Ask
  10. Imagine
  11. Plan
  12. Ask
  13. no, it repeats
  14. True
  15. Improve
  16. Ask
  17. redesign after testing
  18. make it better, retest
  19. Create
  20. Plan
  21. try it out
  22. Test
  23. Ask
  24. think of wild ideas
  25. Imagine
  26. True
  27. Test
  28. False
  29. Improve
  30. check it against goals
  31. Create
  32. Ask
  33. Ask
  34. measure its performance
  35. Ask
  36. True
  37. Create
  38. define the problem
  39. False
  40. False

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