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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 924 · 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 FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  5. 5.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  7. 7.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) think of wild ideas
  19. 19.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  22. 22.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  33. 33.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) define the problem (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan

Answer key

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

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