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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. no, it repeats
  2. Ask
  3. fix the weak part
  4. make it better, retest
  5. redesign after testing
  6. True
  7. list the materials
  8. follow the plan to build
  9. Ask
  10. Create
  11. Imagine
  12. Ask
  13. Imagine
  14. Create
  15. pick the build order
  16. Improve
  17. define the problem
  18. draw a labelled diagram
  19. find the limits
  20. Ask
  21. Ask
  22. Plan
  23. Plan
  24. Improve
  25. measure its performance
  26. False
  27. False
  28. Create
  29. Ask
  30. Plan
  31. True
  32. False
  33. False
  34. False
  35. False
  36. True
  37. Improve
  38. Test
  39. Imagine
  40. Improve

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