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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 215 · 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 follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) dream up possible fixes (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  21. 21.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  28. 28.🔄 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
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) check it against goals (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  37. 37.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test

Answer key

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

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