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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 663 · 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) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) list the materials
  5. 5.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) list the materials (c) pick the build order (d) draw a labelled diagram
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  24. 24.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  26. 26.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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