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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 253 · 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 define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  4. 4.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  26. 26.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  29. 29.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  32. 32.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Improve
  3. brainstorm many ideas
  4. True
  5. Create
  6. Improve
  7. Imagine
  8. Create
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. Ask
  12. Plan
  13. no, it repeats
  14. Imagine
  15. Improve
  16. Ask
  17. Plan
  18. Improve
  19. Ask
  20. Ask
  21. Plan
  22. define the problem
  23. Ask
  24. Test
  25. Create
  26. False
  27. False
  28. measure its performance
  29. True
  30. Plan
  31. Imagine
  32. False
  33. Test
  34. Ask
  35. follow the plan to build
  36. Improve
  37. Imagine
  38. Imagine
  39. True
  40. Imagine

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