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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 79 · 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 of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) redesign after testing
  3. 3.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  13. 13.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  15. 15.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  17. 17.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  25. 25.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) think of wild ideas (d) brainstorm many ideas
  32. 32.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes

Answer key

  1. ask who will use it
  2. define the problem
  3. True
  4. Imagine
  5. Ask
  6. Ask
  7. no, it repeats
  8. Improve
  9. Create
  10. Ask
  11. Plan
  12. dream up possible fixes
  13. True
  14. Ask
  15. False
  16. make a prototype
  17. False
  18. Create
  19. Imagine
  20. True
  21. pick the build order
  22. Improve
  23. think of wild ideas
  24. Test
  25. True
  26. Plan
  27. Plan
  28. Plan
  29. False
  30. Plan
  31. measure its performance
  32. False
  33. Improve
  34. Create
  35. False
  36. Improve
  37. redesign after testing
  38. Test
  39. Plan
  40. follow the plan to build

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