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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 423 · 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.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  9. 9.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  19. 19.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  22. 22.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  25. 25.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) check it against goals
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits

Answer key

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

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