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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 154 · 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) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  7. 7.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) measure its performance
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  25. 25.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  27. 27.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) list the materials
  36. 36.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  40. 40.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Imagine
  3. Create
  4. True
  5. draw a labelled diagram
  6. Improve
  7. True
  8. Ask
  9. Create
  10. Plan
  11. Test
  12. no, it repeats
  13. pick the build order
  14. Ask
  15. Create
  16. Improve
  17. find the limits
  18. Imagine
  19. Plan
  20. Plan
  21. Improve
  22. False
  23. list the materials
  24. Create
  25. Improve
  26. Imagine
  27. True
  28. Ask
  29. define the problem
  30. brainstorm many ideas
  31. Plan
  32. Plan
  33. Ask
  34. True
  35. fix the weak part
  36. False
  37. Ask
  38. Create
  39. check it against goals
  40. False

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