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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 959 · 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 of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  6. 6.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) follow the plan to build (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  14. 14.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  16. 16.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  26. 26.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  36. 36.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create

Answer key

  1. check it against goals
  2. Plan
  3. False
  4. think of wild ideas
  5. Plan
  6. True
  7. Improve
  8. Ask
  9. try it out
  10. Test
  11. redesign after testing
  12. brainstorm many ideas
  13. ask who will use it
  14. True
  15. Imagine
  16. True
  17. make it better, retest
  18. Plan
  19. Ask
  20. True
  21. Plan
  22. False
  23. Imagine
  24. Ask
  25. Improve
  26. True
  27. True
  28. True
  29. Improve
  30. no, it repeats
  31. Test
  32. Ask
  33. list the materials
  34. Imagine
  35. Imagine
  36. Ask
  37. False
  38. make a prototype
  39. Plan
  40. Create

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