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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 782 · 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.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  20. 20.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) build the model (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) follow the plan to build (d) list the materials
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) brainstorm many ideas
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Imagine
  3. follow the plan to build
  4. Imagine
  5. make a prototype
  6. Plan
  7. Imagine
  8. Improve
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. Create
  12. Plan
  13. Imagine
  14. False
  15. build the model
  16. brainstorm many ideas
  17. Imagine
  18. Test
  19. Ask
  20. True
  21. Test
  22. Improve
  23. try it out
  24. Improve
  25. Create
  26. Plan
  27. Ask
  28. Plan
  29. Ask
  30. Ask
  31. False
  32. Imagine
  33. Plan
  34. think of wild ideas
  35. Ask
  36. list the materials
  37. draw a labelled diagram
  38. Create
  39. ask who will use it
  40. Create

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