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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 309 · 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 “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  4. 4.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test 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, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) build the model
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  15. 15.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  21. 21.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) check it against goals
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) think of wild ideas
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) think of wild ideas
  32. 32.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  35. 35.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  37. 37.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas

Answer key

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

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