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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 93 · 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) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  6. 6.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  10. 10.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  23. 23.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  28. 28.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) make it better, retest
  34. 34.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  36. 36.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) follow the plan to build (d) fix the weak part

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Create
  3. check it against goals
  4. think of wild ideas
  5. Plan
  6. True
  7. brainstorm many ideas
  8. Ask
  9. Ask
  10. True
  11. Imagine
  12. True
  13. Plan
  14. Imagine
  15. Plan
  16. False
  17. Imagine
  18. list the materials
  19. make a prototype
  20. find the limits
  21. Plan
  22. Imagine
  23. False
  24. Imagine
  25. Create
  26. Imagine
  27. Improve
  28. False
  29. True
  30. Create
  31. False
  32. False
  33. define the problem
  34. True
  35. make it better, retest
  36. False
  37. Plan
  38. False
  39. Test
  40. follow the plan to build

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