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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 125 · 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) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) list the materials
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  5. 5.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  11. 11.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  17. 17.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  19. 19.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) pick the build order
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  24. 24.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  26. 26.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  34. 34.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  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. find the limits
  4. Imagine
  5. True
  6. list the materials
  7. Plan
  8. make it better, retest
  9. Test
  10. Test
  11. False
  12. Imagine
  13. Improve
  14. redesign after testing
  15. Ask
  16. Ask
  17. True
  18. no, it repeats
  19. True
  20. Imagine
  21. measure its performance
  22. dream up possible fixes
  23. draw a labelled diagram
  24. False
  25. Improve
  26. True
  27. Imagine
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Test
  31. True
  32. Plan
  33. define the problem
  34. Plan
  35. brainstorm many ideas
  36. Plan
  37. make a prototype
  38. Improve
  39. False
  40. False

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