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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 899 · 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 “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  4. 4.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) think of wild ideas
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  17. 17.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  21. 21.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  28. 28.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  33. 33.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) pick the build order
  35. 35.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine

Answer key

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

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