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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 141 · 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 measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) measure its performance
  6. 6.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  17. 17.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest
  24. 24.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. Improve
  4. Plan
  5. think of wild ideas
  6. False
  7. no, it repeats
  8. Ask
  9. define the problem
  10. Improve
  11. make it better, retest
  12. Imagine
  13. Improve
  14. try it out
  15. Ask
  16. Plan
  17. False
  18. Imagine
  19. Create
  20. Create
  21. build the model
  22. Test
  23. follow the plan to build
  24. False
  25. Ask
  26. Imagine
  27. Ask
  28. Ask
  29. Improve
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. Improve
  34. measure its performance
  35. ask who will use it
  36. Imagine
  37. find the limits
  38. Create
  39. Ask
  40. Ask

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