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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 679 · 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 define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  2. 2.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  5. 5.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  8. 8.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) make a prototype
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) build the model
  31. 31.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  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 dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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