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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 131 · 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.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  8. 8.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) list the materials
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  17. 17.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  23. 23.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  29. 29.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. Imagine
  4. Ask
  5. Improve
  6. dream up possible fixes
  7. define the problem
  8. True
  9. Ask
  10. Plan
  11. pick the build order
  12. Improve
  13. list the materials
  14. think of wild ideas
  15. Ask
  16. no, it repeats
  17. True
  18. Ask
  19. Test
  20. Plan
  21. Plan
  22. Ask
  23. True
  24. False
  25. Imagine
  26. False
  27. Ask
  28. Imagine
  29. False
  30. Test
  31. Test
  32. Ask
  33. Improve
  34. try it out
  35. Ask
  36. Imagine
  37. build the model
  38. fix the weak part
  39. Imagine
  40. Improve

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