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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 137 · 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 Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) build the model (d) dream up possible fixes
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) list the materials
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  19. 19.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  26. 26.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  33. 33.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) measure its performance
  36. 36.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Imagine
  3. dream up possible fixes
  4. draw a labelled diagram
  5. Plan
  6. Plan
  7. False
  8. make it better, retest
  9. False
  10. define the problem
  11. Improve
  12. Ask
  13. Create
  14. Ask
  15. Imagine
  16. Create
  17. Ask
  18. think of wild ideas
  19. False
  20. Ask
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Improve
  24. ask who will use it
  25. Test
  26. False
  27. Improve
  28. redesign after testing
  29. Improve
  30. Ask
  31. Create
  32. Ask
  33. True
  34. False
  35. fix the weak part
  36. False
  37. Imagine
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Test

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