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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 434 · 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) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  2. 2.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  15. 15.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  17. 17.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) draw a labelled diagram
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  23. 23.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  26. 26.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. False
  3. Create
  4. Test
  5. Plan
  6. Ask
  7. Test
  8. Imagine
  9. Improve
  10. define the problem
  11. dream up possible fixes
  12. ask who will use it
  13. Improve
  14. Ask
  15. False
  16. Imagine
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. draw a labelled diagram
  21. Ask
  22. Create
  23. Ask
  24. Ask
  25. try it out
  26. True
  27. Plan
  28. Ask
  29. Ask
  30. Plan
  31. True
  32. True
  33. Imagine
  34. Plan
  35. False
  36. Imagine
  37. find the limits
  38. Create
  39. no, it repeats
  40. Imagine

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