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