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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 262 · 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 find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) measure its performance
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) measure its performance
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) think of wild ideas (d) build the model
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  29. 29.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  36. 36.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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