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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 82 · 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 “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  16. 16.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  18. 18.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) build the model
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits
  27. 27.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) make it better, retest (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  34. 34.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test

Answer key

  1. Test
  2. Create
  3. Improve
  4. Improve
  5. Imagine
  6. Improve
  7. follow the plan to build
  8. Test
  9. Imagine
  10. Create
  11. Imagine
  12. True
  13. Ask
  14. think of wild ideas
  15. no, it repeats
  16. True
  17. Improve
  18. False
  19. False
  20. False
  21. Ask
  22. Plan
  23. Test
  24. False
  25. build the model
  26. find the limits
  27. True
  28. measure its performance
  29. Ask
  30. Plan
  31. define the problem
  32. Plan
  33. Imagine
  34. True
  35. ask who will use it
  36. Create
  37. Test
  38. Imagine
  39. False
  40. Plan

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