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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 461 · 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, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  7. 7.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  16. 16.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  18. 18.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  24. 24.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  35. 35.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Test
  3. measure its performance
  4. Create
  5. Imagine
  6. make a prototype
  7. False
  8. True
  9. define the problem
  10. Ask
  11. True
  12. Test
  13. Imagine
  14. no, it repeats
  15. Test
  16. False
  17. build the model
  18. True
  19. Ask
  20. True
  21. Ask
  22. False
  23. Improve
  24. True
  25. Create
  26. Ask
  27. Imagine
  28. False
  29. try it out
  30. Ask
  31. Ask
  32. Imagine
  33. check it against goals
  34. ask who will use it
  35. Plan
  36. Improve
  37. Improve
  38. Create
  39. False
  40. Imagine

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