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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 319 · 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 “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  4. 4.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) list the materials (d) find the limits
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  15. 15.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  24. 24.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem

Answer key

  1. Test
  2. Ask
  3. draw a labelled diagram
  4. False
  5. True
  6. Ask
  7. brainstorm many ideas
  8. Plan
  9. Improve
  10. False
  11. find the limits
  12. Test
  13. Ask
  14. build the model
  15. False
  16. Improve
  17. Plan
  18. Improve
  19. Imagine
  20. Imagine
  21. Imagine
  22. Test
  23. think of wild ideas
  24. True
  25. measure its performance
  26. True
  27. True
  28. True
  29. Improve
  30. no, it repeats
  31. Ask
  32. Plan
  33. Imagine
  34. Plan
  35. False
  36. Imagine
  37. Plan
  38. dream up possible fixes
  39. Plan
  40. define the problem

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