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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 720 · 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 is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  11. 11.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  17. 17.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  26. 26.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  30. 30.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  34. 34.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) 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 pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas

Answer key

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

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