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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 265 · 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 comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  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) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  11. 11.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  19. 19.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  39. 39.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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