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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 103 · 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 list the materials? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) measure its performance
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  7. 7.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  11. 11.🔄 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
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  15. 15.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  26. 26.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) build the model (d) draw a labelled diagram
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) check it against goals (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  31. 31.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  36. 36.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  40. 40.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. list the materials
  3. Imagine
  4. fix the weak part
  5. brainstorm many ideas
  6. Ask
  7. True
  8. Plan
  9. Test
  10. Ask
  11. no, it repeats
  12. Plan
  13. Imagine
  14. try it out
  15. False
  16. Improve
  17. Ask
  18. Improve
  19. Plan
  20. find the limits
  21. Create
  22. Plan
  23. Plan
  24. Create
  25. Imagine
  26. False
  27. True
  28. build the model
  29. Ask
  30. define the problem
  31. True
  32. Imagine
  33. Test
  34. Ask
  35. Improve
  36. True
  37. Imagine
  38. False
  39. Plan
  40. False

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