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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 569 · 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 “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) build the model
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) make a prototype (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  14. 14.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  15. 15.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) dream up possible fixes (d) pick the build order
  18. 18.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) measure its performance (c) make it better, retest (d) follow the plan to build
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  21. 21.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) make a prototype (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  24. 24.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  36. 36.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. Plan
  3. Improve
  4. Ask
  5. list the materials
  6. find the limits
  7. Imagine
  8. check it against goals
  9. Imagine
  10. try it out
  11. Ask
  12. False
  13. ask who will use it
  14. no, it repeats
  15. True
  16. Create
  17. pick the build order
  18. False
  19. follow the plan to build
  20. Ask
  21. True
  22. Ask
  23. make it better, retest
  24. False
  25. Test
  26. Imagine
  27. Plan
  28. Create
  29. Ask
  30. False
  31. Improve
  32. Improve
  33. True
  34. False
  35. Create
  36. True
  37. Create
  38. Imagine
  39. False
  40. dream up possible fixes

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