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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 97 · 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, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  7. 7.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) measure its performance (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) pick the build order (d) list the materials
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  26. 26.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  36. 36.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Ask
  3. Plan
  4. measure its performance
  5. Ask
  6. Create
  7. False
  8. Ask
  9. True
  10. Imagine
  11. Imagine
  12. True
  13. Improve
  14. Test
  15. dream up possible fixes
  16. Plan
  17. think of wild ideas
  18. Plan
  19. brainstorm many ideas
  20. fix the weak part
  21. pick the build order
  22. Ask
  23. Ask
  24. Improve
  25. Imagine
  26. no, it repeats
  27. draw a labelled diagram
  28. Improve
  29. Ask
  30. Improve
  31. Plan
  32. Plan
  33. Ask
  34. Plan
  35. Create
  36. True
  37. Plan
  38. True
  39. Test
  40. Imagine

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