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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 505 · 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 brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) list the materials (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) make it better, retest
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  17. 17.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  21. 21.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  26. 26.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) build the model
  28. 28.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  29. 29.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  36. 36.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  39. 39.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. measure its performance
  3. Ask
  4. False
  5. define the problem
  6. Improve
  7. make a prototype
  8. Improve
  9. Imagine
  10. check it against goals
  11. Plan
  12. True
  13. Plan
  14. Ask
  15. Imagine
  16. dream up possible fixes
  17. False
  18. Imagine
  19. Create
  20. try it out
  21. False
  22. True
  23. Plan
  24. Create
  25. Create
  26. False
  27. build the model
  28. Improve
  29. no, it repeats
  30. Create
  31. Plan
  32. Ask
  33. brainstorm many ideas
  34. Test
  35. Ask
  36. False
  37. Ask
  38. Test
  39. False
  40. Imagine

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