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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 440 · 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) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  11. 11.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) dream up possible fixes (c) pick the build order (d) define the problem
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  27. 27.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  31. 31.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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