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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 48 · 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 make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  6. 6.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  17. 17.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  19. 19.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) pick the build order
  23. 23.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  27. 27.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  35. 35.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) redesign after testing
  38. 38.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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