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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 909 · 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 pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  8. 8.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  16. 16.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  34. 34.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) think of wild ideas
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. redesign after testing
  3. Imagine
  4. Improve
  5. Ask
  6. Ask
  7. define the problem
  8. True
  9. Imagine
  10. Imagine
  11. Ask
  12. Create
  13. Ask
  14. True
  15. Ask
  16. False
  17. Improve
  18. Plan
  19. Improve
  20. Plan
  21. ask who will use it
  22. make a prototype
  23. Imagine
  24. follow the plan to build
  25. Test
  26. Create
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Plan
  30. Plan
  31. False
  32. Imagine
  33. no, it repeats
  34. False
  35. False
  36. False
  37. try it out
  38. True
  39. Imagine
  40. Imagine

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