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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 415 · 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 of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  2. 2.🔄 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
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) check it against goals (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  10. 10.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  16. 16.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  21. 21.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  24. 24.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  29. 29.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  37. 37.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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