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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 788 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  2. 2.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) list the materials
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  10. 10.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  13. 13.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) find the limits
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  21. 21.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  26. 26.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) make a prototype
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) redesign after testing
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  32. 32.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  35. 35.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. False
  3. ask who will use it
  4. Improve
  5. Plan
  6. dream up possible fixes
  7. Improve
  8. Improve
  9. Imagine
  10. True
  11. define the problem
  12. no, it repeats
  13. False
  14. Plan
  15. Test
  16. brainstorm many ideas
  17. Improve
  18. try it out
  19. Ask
  20. Imagine
  21. True
  22. Imagine
  23. follow the plan to build
  24. Create
  25. Plan
  26. True
  27. think of wild ideas
  28. Improve
  29. draw a labelled diagram
  30. list the materials
  31. Create
  32. False
  33. Ask
  34. Test
  35. True
  36. False
  37. Create
  38. True
  39. Ask
  40. Imagine

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