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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 146 · 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) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  20. 20.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  37. 37.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Imagine
  3. Create
  4. Imagine
  5. Improve
  6. Plan
  7. Ask
  8. Imagine
  9. Ask
  10. Improve
  11. no, it repeats
  12. Ask
  13. True
  14. Improve
  15. Improve
  16. Ask
  17. Create
  18. Test
  19. Plan
  20. False
  21. Create
  22. Ask
  23. fix the weak part
  24. Test
  25. dream up possible fixes
  26. Test
  27. False
  28. Plan
  29. Ask
  30. Imagine
  31. Plan
  32. False
  33. Create
  34. Ask
  35. Create
  36. ask who will use it
  37. True
  38. Plan
  39. False
  40. True

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