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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 776 · 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.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  2. 2.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  4. 4.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  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) measure its performance (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) ask who will use it
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) define the problem
  18. 18.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) find the limits
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  34. 34.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) fix the weak part (d) check it against goals
  37. 37.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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