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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 683 · 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) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  2. 2.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) build the model (d) list the materials
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  20. 20.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) follow the plan to build
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  26. 26.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  33. 33.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  36. 36.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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