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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 315 · 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 of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) redesign after testing (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  4. 4.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  28. 28.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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