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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 99 · 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 is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  2. 2.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  4. 4.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  19. 19.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  25. 25.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create

Answer key

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

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