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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 335 · 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 LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  2. 2.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  23. 23.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) make it better, retest
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  30. 30.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  32. 32.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. False
  3. define the problem
  4. Test
  5. Test
  6. Plan
  7. Improve
  8. find the limits
  9. list the materials
  10. Ask
  11. Test
  12. think of wild ideas
  13. Ask
  14. Create
  15. Imagine
  16. Imagine
  17. Improve
  18. False
  19. Ask
  20. Create
  21. Ask
  22. make a prototype
  23. True
  24. Test
  25. make it better, retest
  26. Ask
  27. brainstorm many ideas
  28. Ask
  29. Ask
  30. False
  31. Improve
  32. True
  33. pick the build order
  34. Ask
  35. False
  36. fix the weak part
  37. Plan
  38. Ask
  39. try it out
  40. True

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