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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 287 · 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) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  4. 4.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  15. 15.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  27. 27.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  29. 29.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  37. 37.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. no, it repeats
  3. Ask
  4. True
  5. False
  6. follow the plan to build
  7. Plan
  8. Ask
  9. check it against goals
  10. define the problem
  11. Improve
  12. Test
  13. try it out
  14. Imagine
  15. False
  16. False
  17. Imagine
  18. Imagine
  19. Imagine
  20. Test
  21. Test
  22. list the materials
  23. dream up possible fixes
  24. find the limits
  25. Plan
  26. Plan
  27. False
  28. Create
  29. True
  30. True
  31. Imagine
  32. False
  33. Test
  34. Ask
  35. Plan
  36. fix the weak part
  37. True
  38. Improve
  39. False
  40. False

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