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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. define the problem
  2. build the model
  3. Test
  4. Plan
  5. think of wild ideas
  6. Plan
  7. Ask
  8. Create
  9. Plan
  10. False
  11. Imagine
  12. no, it repeats
  13. follow the plan to build
  14. Ask
  15. Ask
  16. Imagine
  17. Plan
  18. True
  19. Plan
  20. Improve
  21. False
  22. brainstorm many ideas
  23. False
  24. Ask
  25. False
  26. Plan
  27. dream up possible fixes
  28. Ask
  29. Improve
  30. Improve
  31. False
  32. check it against goals
  33. Imagine
  34. Test
  35. Create
  36. True
  37. True
  38. try it out
  39. Imagine
  40. Improve

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