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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 966 · 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 comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  2. 2.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) pick the build order
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  15. 15.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) dream up possible fixes
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) dream up possible fixes
  31. 31.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  39. 39.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. True
  3. make it better, retest
  4. ask who will use it
  5. Improve
  6. Plan
  7. Improve
  8. redesign after testing
  9. Ask
  10. brainstorm many ideas
  11. Plan
  12. Plan
  13. pick the build order
  14. Create
  15. False
  16. Ask
  17. think of wild ideas
  18. Create
  19. Improve
  20. Create
  21. Ask
  22. True
  23. True
  24. Imagine
  25. Ask
  26. dream up possible fixes
  27. Plan
  28. check it against goals
  29. Test
  30. follow the plan to build
  31. False
  32. Create
  33. Test
  34. no, it repeats
  35. Improve
  36. Create
  37. Improve
  38. define the problem
  39. Ask
  40. build the model

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