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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 41 · 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) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  5. 5.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) fix the weak part (d) redesign after testing
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  16. 16.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  21. 21.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) build the model
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  34. 34.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. follow the plan to build
  3. fix the weak part
  4. Test
  5. True
  6. Ask
  7. Plan
  8. Ask
  9. False
  10. Plan
  11. Create
  12. build the model
  13. Ask
  14. False
  15. define the problem
  16. True
  17. Improve
  18. Plan
  19. try it out
  20. find the limits
  21. no, it repeats
  22. Plan
  23. Improve
  24. check it against goals
  25. Imagine
  26. Ask
  27. True
  28. Imagine
  29. ask who will use it
  30. Imagine
  31. make a prototype
  32. Ask
  33. dream up possible fixes
  34. False
  35. Ask
  36. Test
  37. Imagine
  38. Imagine
  39. Test
  40. True

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