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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 847 · 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 measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) make it better, retest
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) fix the weak part
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  9. 9.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  16. 16.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) make it better, retest (d) follow the plan to build
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  22. 22.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  26. 26.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  33. 33.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) list the materials
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create

Answer key

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

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