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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 753 · 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, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) define the problem
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  5. 5.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  9. 9.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  12. 12.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  16. 16.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) think of wild ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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