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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 389 · 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 comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  3. 3.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  15. 15.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  22. 22.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  25. 25.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  29. 29.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make a prototype
  37. 37.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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