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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 337 · 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 pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  14. 14.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  26. 26.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  36. 36.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  40. 40.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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