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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 832 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) make a prototype
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 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
  11. 11.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) follow the plan to build
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) measure its performance
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  21. 21.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  29. 29.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  35. 35.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Ask
  3. find the limits
  4. Improve
  5. Test
  6. Plan
  7. Ask
  8. Imagine
  9. Improve
  10. no, it repeats
  11. True
  12. Imagine
  13. Ask
  14. pick the build order
  15. Create
  16. dream up possible fixes
  17. Create
  18. ask who will use it
  19. list the materials
  20. try it out
  21. False
  22. Ask
  23. False
  24. Plan
  25. Imagine
  26. Imagine
  27. Plan
  28. Ask
  29. False
  30. False
  31. Create
  32. False
  33. make it better, retest
  34. Imagine
  35. False
  36. True
  37. Test
  38. False
  39. Improve
  40. think of wild ideas

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