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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 839 · 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 dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  3. 3.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  16. 16.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  19. 19.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  28. 28.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) think of wild ideas
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  33. 33.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. draw a labelled diagram
  3. True
  4. Improve
  5. Imagine
  6. define the problem
  7. Imagine
  8. Ask
  9. Plan
  10. Plan
  11. Create
  12. False
  13. Improve
  14. Plan
  15. build the model
  16. True
  17. Test
  18. Create
  19. True
  20. Create
  21. True
  22. True
  23. Ask
  24. Improve
  25. Test
  26. Ask
  27. Plan
  28. False
  29. Ask
  30. list the materials
  31. Ask
  32. Test
  33. False
  34. Improve
  35. Imagine
  36. measure its performance
  37. ask who will use it
  38. Ask
  39. Ask
  40. Plan

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