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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 458 · 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) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  7. 7.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) fix the weak part
  15. 15.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  17. 17.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  22. 22.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) ask who will use it (d) define the problem
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) measure its performance
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  35. 35.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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