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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 312 · 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) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) make it better, retest
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  11. 11.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) dream up possible fixes
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  29. 29.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  34. 34.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Create
  3. define the problem
  4. Ask
  5. Improve
  6. Test
  7. Create
  8. Improve
  9. Ask
  10. Imagine
  11. True
  12. Plan
  13. Imagine
  14. Improve
  15. Plan
  16. Create
  17. Ask
  18. Test
  19. Ask
  20. Improve
  21. Plan
  22. Ask
  23. ask who will use it
  24. Test
  25. False
  26. dream up possible fixes
  27. Imagine
  28. draw a labelled diagram
  29. False
  30. measure its performance
  31. Plan
  32. Create
  33. make it better, retest
  34. False
  35. try it out
  36. Plan
  37. Imagine
  38. True
  39. True
  40. False

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