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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 470 · 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.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 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
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  18. 18.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Ask
  3. True
  4. Ask
  5. Imagine
  6. follow the plan to build
  7. Improve
  8. no, it repeats
  9. Plan
  10. Ask
  11. Plan
  12. Improve
  13. Create
  14. Ask
  15. Improve
  16. Improve
  17. Imagine
  18. False
  19. Imagine
  20. Improve
  21. Plan
  22. True
  23. Ask
  24. False
  25. False
  26. True
  27. Plan
  28. Imagine
  29. define the problem
  30. Plan
  31. Create
  32. list the materials
  33. Create
  34. Imagine
  35. Test
  36. Plan
  37. pick the build order
  38. False
  39. Ask
  40. redesign after testing

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