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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 882 · 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 fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  8. 8.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  14. 14.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  16. 16.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  21. 21.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) draw a labelled diagram
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  33. 33.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  36. 36.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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