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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 464 · 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 find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  6. 6.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 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
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  16. 16.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  19. 19.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) build the model (d) follow the plan to build
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) find the limits
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) follow the plan to build
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  37. 37.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test

Answer key

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

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