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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 402 · 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) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  4. 4.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) pick the build order (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  6. 6.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  9. 9.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  16. 16.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) list the materials
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  28. 28.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) build the model
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  37. 37.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  39. 39.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test

Answer key

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

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