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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 843 · 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 design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  6. 6.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  21. 21.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) dream up possible fixes (d) find the limits
  23. 23.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) try it out
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  28. 28.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  34. 34.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) follow the plan to build

Answer key

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

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