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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 801 · 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 “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  11. 11.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) try it out
  15. 15.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  25. 25.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) define the problem
  28. 28.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) list the materials
  33. 33.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  36. 36.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  40. 40.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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