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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 150 · 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 think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  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 Create step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) fix the weak part
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  21. 21.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  23. 23.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) draw a labelled diagram
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  33. 33.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  39. 39.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. Plan
  3. Plan
  4. Ask
  5. True
  6. Ask
  7. Test
  8. Plan
  9. no, it repeats
  10. Ask
  11. Ask
  12. False
  13. Imagine
  14. build the model
  15. Imagine
  16. Create
  17. Test
  18. False
  19. brainstorm many ideas
  20. measure its performance
  21. True
  22. redesign after testing
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Create
  26. dream up possible fixes
  27. Plan
  28. Ask
  29. think of wild ideas
  30. Test
  31. True
  32. Plan
  33. True
  34. True
  35. Imagine
  36. Improve
  37. find the limits
  38. Plan
  39. False
  40. Improve

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