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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 295 · 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) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) brainstorm many ideas
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  21. 21.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) redesign after testing
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) make a prototype
  35. 35.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  37. 37.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  40. 40.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Improve
  3. Test
  4. Imagine
  5. redesign after testing
  6. ask who will use it
  7. Improve
  8. Ask
  9. Imagine
  10. no, it repeats
  11. list the materials
  12. Test
  13. Plan
  14. False
  15. Plan
  16. Improve
  17. Ask
  18. Create
  19. Ask
  20. make a prototype
  21. True
  22. False
  23. False
  24. Ask
  25. True
  26. True
  27. Improve
  28. True
  29. Ask
  30. Plan
  31. check it against goals
  32. Plan
  33. True
  34. try it out
  35. Improve
  36. think of wild ideas
  37. True
  38. Create
  39. Ask
  40. False

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