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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 249 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) build the model (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) dream up possible fixes
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  17. 17.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  21. 21.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  25. 25.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. define the problem
  3. brainstorm many ideas
  4. Ask
  5. Ask
  6. Plan
  7. Create
  8. check it against goals
  9. fix the weak part
  10. Test
  11. build the model
  12. Create
  13. find the limits
  14. False
  15. Imagine
  16. Plan
  17. True
  18. no, it repeats
  19. Ask
  20. Imagine
  21. False
  22. Improve
  23. Imagine
  24. Create
  25. True
  26. Create
  27. Improve
  28. Test
  29. Plan
  30. Improve
  31. make a prototype
  32. Test
  33. Improve
  34. Plan
  35. Create
  36. Improve
  37. Imagine
  38. False
  39. Plan
  40. Test

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