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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 450 · 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 “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) build the model
  8. 8.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) try it out
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  23. 23.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  26. 26.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  28. 28.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  34. 34.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) brainstorm many ideas
  39. 39.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Ask
  3. Improve
  4. Plan
  5. Ask
  6. pick the build order
  7. build the model
  8. False
  9. make a prototype
  10. Ask
  11. Improve
  12. Plan
  13. ask who will use it
  14. find the limits
  15. measure its performance
  16. Ask
  17. try it out
  18. Imagine
  19. Ask
  20. fix the weak part
  21. Test
  22. brainstorm many ideas
  23. True
  24. True
  25. Imagine
  26. False
  27. Ask
  28. Plan
  29. Create
  30. False
  31. False
  32. False
  33. Ask
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Create
  37. Ask
  38. list the materials
  39. True
  40. False

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