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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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