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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 929 · 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.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  6. 6.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  8. 8.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  18. 18.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  24. 24.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  30. 30.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) dream up possible fixes (c) follow the plan to build (d) measure its performance
  34. 34.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  40. 40.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Create
  3. find the limits
  4. follow the plan to build
  5. Imagine
  6. False
  7. Improve
  8. True
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. Create
  12. False
  13. Test
  14. Improve
  15. True
  16. True
  17. list the materials
  18. False
  19. Ask
  20. False
  21. Improve
  22. pick the build order
  23. Plan
  24. True
  25. Improve
  26. True
  27. make it better, retest
  28. Imagine
  29. brainstorm many ideas
  30. True
  31. Create
  32. redesign after testing
  33. measure its performance
  34. True
  35. False
  36. ask who will use it
  37. Plan
  38. Improve
  39. think of wild ideas
  40. False

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