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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 864 · 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) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  17. 17.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) make a prototype (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make it better, retest
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) brainstorm many ideas
  33. 33.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  36. 36.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine

Answer key

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

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