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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 305 · 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, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  3. 3.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  10. 10.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  19. 19.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  33. 33.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) check it against goals
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  38. 38.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. pick the build order
  3. False
  4. False
  5. True
  6. Improve
  7. Imagine
  8. Ask
  9. Ask
  10. False
  11. Create
  12. Imagine
  13. False
  14. check it against goals
  15. Test
  16. Plan
  17. Create
  18. Improve
  19. True
  20. False
  21. Test
  22. Imagine
  23. Imagine
  24. Improve
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Ask
  28. Test
  29. Ask
  30. Test
  31. True
  32. measure its performance
  33. True
  34. think of wild ideas
  35. follow the plan to build
  36. Plan
  37. find the limits
  38. True
  39. Ask
  40. Plan

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