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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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