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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 982 · 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 brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) try it out
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  7. 7.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) fix the weak part
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  13. 13.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  22. 22.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  26. 26.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) build the model (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  33. 33.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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