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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 766 · 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 “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) make it better, retest (d) define the problem
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  25. 25.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. False
  3. True
  4. False
  5. Ask
  6. Imagine
  7. Improve
  8. Plan
  9. measure its performance
  10. Create
  11. define the problem
  12. Create
  13. False
  14. Imagine
  15. Plan
  16. False
  17. Plan
  18. False
  19. Ask
  20. Improve
  21. Create
  22. Improve
  23. Plan
  24. fix the weak part
  25. False
  26. Ask
  27. Test
  28. Imagine
  29. Improve
  30. build the model
  31. Improve
  32. Imagine
  33. Imagine
  34. Ask
  35. redesign after testing
  36. dream up possible fixes
  37. Improve
  38. ask who will use it
  39. check it against goals
  40. Test

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