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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 907 · 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, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  2. 2.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) make a prototype (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  38. 38.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. False
  3. no, it repeats
  4. Create
  5. Ask
  6. Test
  7. Imagine
  8. Test
  9. Imagine
  10. True
  11. draw a labelled diagram
  12. Create
  13. ask who will use it
  14. Improve
  15. Test
  16. define the problem
  17. Plan
  18. True
  19. fix the weak part
  20. find the limits
  21. Plan
  22. Imagine
  23. brainstorm many ideas
  24. Improve
  25. dream up possible fixes
  26. Imagine
  27. Create
  28. Ask
  29. Ask
  30. Imagine
  31. Ask
  32. True
  33. measure its performance
  34. try it out
  35. redesign after testing
  36. Improve
  37. follow the plan to build
  38. True
  39. Plan
  40. pick the build order

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