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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 170 · 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) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) list the materials
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  8. 8.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  11. 11.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  14. 14.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 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
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) think of wild ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) pick the build order
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  30. 30.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) try it out

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Plan
  3. Improve
  4. ask who will use it
  5. Ask
  6. check it against goals
  7. Ask
  8. True
  9. Imagine
  10. build the model
  11. False
  12. Imagine
  13. define the problem
  14. False
  15. Create
  16. Ask
  17. no, it repeats
  18. Ask
  19. think of wild ideas
  20. Ask
  21. Imagine
  22. dream up possible fixes
  23. Improve
  24. redesign after testing
  25. Improve
  26. Test
  27. True
  28. False
  29. Ask
  30. Improve
  31. Plan
  32. False
  33. False
  34. Imagine
  35. False
  36. False
  37. Plan
  38. False
  39. Improve
  40. list the materials

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