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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 230 · 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 draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  17. 17.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) pick the build order
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  24. 24.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  32. 32.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part

Answer key

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

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