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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 91 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  5. 5.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  17. 17.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  21. 21.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  24. 24.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) brainstorm many ideas
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) follow the plan to build (d) list the materials
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) brainstorm many ideas
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. pick the build order
  3. Test
  4. Plan
  5. True
  6. True
  7. Plan
  8. Ask
  9. True
  10. False
  11. brainstorm many ideas
  12. Plan
  13. Improve
  14. Plan
  15. Improve
  16. Create
  17. False
  18. Test
  19. Improve
  20. ask who will use it
  21. Improve
  22. False
  23. Imagine
  24. False
  25. make a prototype
  26. Test
  27. dream up possible fixes
  28. find the limits
  29. Imagine
  30. Ask
  31. Imagine
  32. Improve
  33. Create
  34. try it out
  35. Create
  36. Improve
  37. Plan
  38. Plan
  39. make it better, retest
  40. build the model

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