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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 421 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  7. 7.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  16. 16.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. draw a labelled diagram
  3. Ask
  4. Improve
  5. brainstorm many ideas
  6. Ask
  7. True
  8. list the materials
  9. Plan
  10. Test
  11. Ask
  12. Plan
  13. find the limits
  14. Imagine
  15. no, it repeats
  16. False
  17. Create
  18. Improve
  19. Ask
  20. False
  21. Ask
  22. Imagine
  23. Imagine
  24. Test
  25. Create
  26. Improve
  27. Ask
  28. Plan
  29. Ask
  30. build the model
  31. define the problem
  32. True
  33. Plan
  34. fix the weak part
  35. Imagine
  36. Imagine
  37. Create
  38. Create
  39. Plan
  40. Ask

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