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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 240 · 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) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) think of wild ideas
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  6. 6.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  11. 11.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  17. 17.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  23. 23.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  29. 29.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  36. 36.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  39. 39.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Ask
  3. try it out
  4. no, it repeats
  5. dream up possible fixes
  6. False
  7. find the limits
  8. Ask
  9. think of wild ideas
  10. Plan
  11. True
  12. False
  13. False
  14. Create
  15. Improve
  16. Imagine
  17. True
  18. Plan
  19. Improve
  20. Create
  21. build the model
  22. Imagine
  23. False
  24. True
  25. False
  26. False
  27. redesign after testing
  28. Imagine
  29. True
  30. Improve
  31. True
  32. make it better, retest
  33. Create
  34. Create
  35. Imagine
  36. False
  37. Test
  38. Ask
  39. Plan
  40. Imagine

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