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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. no, it repeats
  3. False
  4. check it against goals
  5. brainstorm many ideas
  6. Ask
  7. Imagine
  8. Ask
  9. fix the weak part
  10. Plan
  11. ask who will use it
  12. draw a labelled diagram
  13. Imagine
  14. Create
  15. Improve
  16. Create
  17. define the problem
  18. False
  19. Plan
  20. Imagine
  21. Improve
  22. Ask
  23. redesign after testing
  24. Test
  25. Imagine
  26. Improve
  27. True
  28. try it out
  29. Ask
  30. True
  31. list the materials
  32. Test
  33. Ask
  34. Plan
  35. pick the build order
  36. Plan
  37. Ask
  38. Create
  39. follow the plan to build
  40. Test

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