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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 545 · 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 pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  11. 11.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) pick the build order
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) follow the plan to build
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  28. 28.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) make it better, retest (d) dream up possible fixes
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) measure its performance (d) check it against goals
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  34. 34.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  38. 38.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. False
  3. False
  4. Plan
  5. Imagine
  6. build the model
  7. Plan
  8. Ask
  9. Improve
  10. no, it repeats
  11. True
  12. Improve
  13. Imagine
  14. draw a labelled diagram
  15. pick the build order
  16. Imagine
  17. Plan
  18. define the problem
  19. Ask
  20. Ask
  21. Plan
  22. False
  23. Imagine
  24. try it out
  25. measure its performance
  26. Improve
  27. brainstorm many ideas
  28. False
  29. make it better, retest
  30. True
  31. list the materials
  32. redesign after testing
  33. Imagine
  34. False
  35. ask who will use it
  36. Imagine
  37. make a prototype
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Ask

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