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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 857 · 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) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  7. 7.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  20. 20.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  22. 22.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  24. 24.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  26. 26.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) check it against goals
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 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
  33. 33.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  35. 35.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create

Answer key

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

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