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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 844 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  32. 32.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Create
  3. Create
  4. Imagine
  5. Imagine
  6. Ask
  7. True
  8. False
  9. dream up possible fixes
  10. define the problem
  11. Test
  12. True
  13. Ask
  14. False
  15. pick the build order
  16. Improve
  17. make a prototype
  18. Create
  19. Plan
  20. Imagine
  21. Plan
  22. Improve
  23. Plan
  24. fix the weak part
  25. draw a labelled diagram
  26. Test
  27. True
  28. Imagine
  29. Test
  30. Ask
  31. no, it repeats
  32. False
  33. Ask
  34. False
  35. Ask
  36. False
  37. Ask
  38. False
  39. Plan
  40. Imagine

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