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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 901 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  5. 5.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) pick the build order
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) measure its performance
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  15. 15.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) fix the weak part
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  19. 19.🔄 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
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  28. 28.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  32. 32.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  39. 39.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. define the problem
  3. brainstorm many ideas
  4. Imagine
  5. False
  6. Improve
  7. dream up possible fixes
  8. Plan
  9. Ask
  10. True
  11. Ask
  12. find the limits
  13. Ask
  14. Create
  15. Improve
  16. False
  17. make a prototype
  18. Create
  19. no, it repeats
  20. Improve
  21. Ask
  22. draw a labelled diagram
  23. Plan
  24. Plan
  25. Ask
  26. Ask
  27. Test
  28. True
  29. Test
  30. Ask
  31. Plan
  32. True
  33. think of wild ideas
  34. Imagine
  35. try it out
  36. Imagine
  37. Plan
  38. Improve
  39. False
  40. True

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