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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 437 · 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: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  2. 2.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  6. 6.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest
  9. 9.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) ask who will use it
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  16. 16.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan

Answer key

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

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