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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 778 · 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 “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  6. 6.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) ask who will use it
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  19. 19.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔄 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
  23. 23.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) pick the build order
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) list the materials
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  30. 30.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  33. 33.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. Test
  2. Ask
  3. Imagine
  4. Ask
  5. Ask
  6. False
  7. True
  8. False
  9. True
  10. list the materials
  11. Plan
  12. measure its performance
  13. brainstorm many ideas
  14. ask who will use it
  15. Improve
  16. Plan
  17. Ask
  18. Plan
  19. Plan
  20. True
  21. Improve
  22. no, it repeats
  23. Improve
  24. Ask
  25. define the problem
  26. Imagine
  27. True
  28. fix the weak part
  29. Test
  30. False
  31. make a prototype
  32. Imagine
  33. False
  34. Ask
  35. Imagine
  36. Plan
  37. Create
  38. True
  39. Create
  40. Test

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