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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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