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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 370 · 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 follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  11. 11.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  18. 18.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  36. 36.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. Ask
  3. True
  4. Improve
  5. Plan
  6. Plan
  7. Ask
  8. Ask
  9. True
  10. Ask
  11. False
  12. ask who will use it
  13. Imagine
  14. Create
  15. Plan
  16. define the problem
  17. no, it repeats
  18. Improve
  19. True
  20. Plan
  21. Imagine
  22. True
  23. Imagine
  24. Ask
  25. Create
  26. Test
  27. Test
  28. Ask
  29. pick the build order
  30. redesign after testing
  31. Improve
  32. Ask
  33. follow the plan to build
  34. Improve
  35. Imagine
  36. False
  37. Imagine
  38. Create
  39. check it against goals
  40. True

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