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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 435 · 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) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  2. 2.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) list the materials (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  17. 17.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  21. 21.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  36. 36.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. True
  3. ask who will use it
  4. Improve
  5. Ask
  6. Ask
  7. redesign after testing
  8. Ask
  9. no, it repeats
  10. think of wild ideas
  11. Test
  12. Ask
  13. Plan
  14. Ask
  15. find the limits
  16. Test
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. define the problem
  21. False
  22. True
  23. True
  24. Improve
  25. Plan
  26. Plan
  27. Ask
  28. False
  29. Ask
  30. Improve
  31. Ask
  32. Test
  33. Create
  34. Imagine
  35. Ask
  36. True
  37. Ask
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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