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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 334 · 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) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  4. 4.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  16. 16.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) build the model (d) try it out
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) check it against goals (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  29. 29.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Ask
  3. Create
  4. True
  5. Improve
  6. Ask
  7. Imagine
  8. make it better, retest
  9. True
  10. no, it repeats
  11. Plan
  12. Improve
  13. Plan
  14. Ask
  15. brainstorm many ideas
  16. True
  17. False
  18. Improve
  19. Imagine
  20. try it out
  21. Plan
  22. fix the weak part
  23. Improve
  24. Plan
  25. draw a labelled diagram
  26. Ask
  27. Improve
  28. pick the build order
  29. True
  30. Plan
  31. Test
  32. build the model
  33. Plan
  34. Create
  35. Test
  36. Imagine
  37. False
  38. check it against goals
  39. Create
  40. Imagine

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