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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 947 · 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 comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  7. 7.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  9. 9.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  13. 13.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) measure its performance (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  29. 29.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  40. 40.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Create
  3. False
  4. False
  5. Ask
  6. Ask
  7. False
  8. Imagine
  9. True
  10. Test
  11. Ask
  12. build the model
  13. False
  14. Create
  15. Plan
  16. make a prototype
  17. Test
  18. Ask
  19. Ask
  20. Plan
  21. dream up possible fixes
  22. Plan
  23. draw a labelled diagram
  24. Improve
  25. Imagine
  26. Improve
  27. Improve
  28. ask who will use it
  29. Improve
  30. Create
  31. True
  32. Imagine
  33. Create
  34. Imagine
  35. Test
  36. Test
  37. Ask
  38. define the problem
  39. list the materials
  40. False

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