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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 313 · 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) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) measure its performance
  14. 14.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  21. 21.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) fix the weak part (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make it better, retest
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  39. 39.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. False
  3. False
  4. False
  5. dream up possible fixes
  6. Imagine
  7. follow the plan to build
  8. Ask
  9. True
  10. Improve
  11. Imagine
  12. Ask
  13. list the materials
  14. True
  15. draw a labelled diagram
  16. Imagine
  17. Improve
  18. Imagine
  19. False
  20. Improve
  21. True
  22. Test
  23. Create
  24. make it better, retest
  25. measure its performance
  26. Test
  27. try it out
  28. Improve
  29. brainstorm many ideas
  30. Test
  31. True
  32. Plan
  33. make a prototype
  34. find the limits
  35. Plan
  36. Imagine
  37. True
  38. Plan
  39. False
  40. Plan

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