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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 429 · 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) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  10. 10.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  13. 13.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  17. 17.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  21. 21.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) measure its performance
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask

Answer key

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

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