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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 126 · 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) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) list the materials
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) build the model (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) make a prototype (d) build the model
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  21. 21.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  29. 29.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) follow the plan to build (d) think of wild ideas
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) measure its performance
  33. 33.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. brainstorm many ideas
  3. Imagine
  4. Ask
  5. Plan
  6. Imagine
  7. Test
  8. draw a labelled diagram
  9. Improve
  10. list the materials
  11. Ask
  12. no, it repeats
  13. Create
  14. Ask
  15. Ask
  16. True
  17. build the model
  18. Ask
  19. ask who will use it
  20. Create
  21. True
  22. Improve
  23. Imagine
  24. Imagine
  25. Improve
  26. Imagine
  27. Plan
  28. Ask
  29. False
  30. follow the plan to build
  31. Imagine
  32. define the problem
  33. True
  34. make a prototype
  35. Create
  36. Ask
  37. False
  38. Plan
  39. Improve
  40. Create

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