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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 940 · 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) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  4. 4.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  15. 15.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  23. 23.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  27. 27.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  35. 35.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. False
  3. brainstorm many ideas
  4. True
  5. Ask
  6. Create
  7. Imagine
  8. Create
  9. Test
  10. no, it repeats
  11. Create
  12. False
  13. True
  14. ask who will use it
  15. True
  16. measure its performance
  17. Imagine
  18. Imagine
  19. Plan
  20. Plan
  21. make a prototype
  22. Improve
  23. False
  24. redesign after testing
  25. list the materials
  26. Plan
  27. Improve
  28. Ask
  29. Ask
  30. True
  31. False
  32. Ask
  33. find the limits
  34. dream up possible fixes
  35. Plan
  36. Create
  37. Ask
  38. Create
  39. Ask
  40. Imagine

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