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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 73 · 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, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 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
  27. 27.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  33. 33.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype

Answer key

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

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