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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 168 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  3. 3.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) think of wild ideas (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 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
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  21. 21.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  27. 27.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas

Answer key

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

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