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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 237 · 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 measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  12. 12.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  16. 16.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  18. 18.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  25. 25.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  27. 27.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  35. 35.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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