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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 911 · 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 is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  3. 3.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) try it out (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  37. 37.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. check it against goals
  3. False
  4. no, it repeats
  5. Imagine
  6. Plan
  7. Plan
  8. make a prototype
  9. Improve
  10. False
  11. Imagine
  12. find the limits
  13. Ask
  14. False
  15. Improve
  16. False
  17. Ask
  18. Ask
  19. Improve
  20. Improve
  21. True
  22. Create
  23. define the problem
  24. Ask
  25. Create
  26. Ask
  27. False
  28. Plan
  29. Ask
  30. Improve
  31. True
  32. Plan
  33. redesign after testing
  34. Imagine
  35. Plan
  36. measure its performance
  37. True
  38. Plan
  39. Plan
  40. False

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