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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Ask
  3. Plan
  4. True
  5. check it against goals
  6. Ask
  7. Test
  8. Test
  9. Plan
  10. True
  11. True
  12. Plan
  13. Imagine
  14. list the materials
  15. redesign after testing
  16. make it better, retest
  17. Create
  18. think of wild ideas
  19. Imagine
  20. Create
  21. ask who will use it
  22. find the limits
  23. Improve
  24. Imagine
  25. Ask
  26. Ask
  27. Imagine
  28. False
  29. Improve
  30. pick the build order
  31. Improve
  32. no, it repeats
  33. True
  34. Ask
  35. Ask
  36. Imagine
  37. build the model
  38. Ask
  39. Improve
  40. Imagine

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