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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 974 · 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 design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  11. 11.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  15. 15.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make a prototype (c) measure its performance (d) find the limits
  18. 18.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  20. 20.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  22. 22.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) redesign after testing (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  31. 31.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits

Answer key

  1. Test
  2. Imagine
  3. Imagine
  4. Imagine
  5. Plan
  6. Ask
  7. Improve
  8. Plan
  9. brainstorm many ideas
  10. Ask
  11. False
  12. Ask
  13. Improve
  14. check it against goals
  15. True
  16. Ask
  17. fix the weak part
  18. True
  19. Test
  20. False
  21. Plan
  22. Improve
  23. redesign after testing
  24. Improve
  25. list the materials
  26. Test
  27. Plan
  28. Improve
  29. Imagine
  30. Create
  31. False
  32. Ask
  33. Create
  34. think of wild ideas
  35. Plan
  36. True
  37. Test
  38. Plan
  39. False
  40. build the model

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