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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 239 · 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.🔄 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
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) find the limits
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) make a prototype
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  17. 17.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing

Answer key

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

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