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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 925 · 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) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  15. 15.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  18. 18.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) brainstorm many ideas
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  22. 22.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  35. 35.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  38. 38.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. build the model
  3. Imagine
  4. Plan
  5. make a prototype
  6. Improve
  7. Ask
  8. Ask
  9. Plan
  10. Plan
  11. Imagine
  12. Improve
  13. Imagine
  14. Ask
  15. False
  16. Imagine
  17. redesign after testing
  18. True
  19. False
  20. ask who will use it
  21. fix the weak part
  22. True
  23. True
  24. False
  25. define the problem
  26. Imagine
  27. Create
  28. True
  29. False
  30. check it against goals
  31. Test
  32. Test
  33. Improve
  34. find the limits
  35. Improve
  36. Improve
  37. think of wild ideas
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Test

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