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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 935 · 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) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  3. 3.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  6. 6.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  16. 16.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  18. 18.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  20. 20.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  23. 23.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) list the materials
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) measure its performance
  28. 28.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  30. 30.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  33. 33.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) follow the plan to build
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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