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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 486 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  4. 4.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  9. 9.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  11. 11.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  16. 16.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) build the model
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  24. 24.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 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
  26. 26.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  29. 29.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  32. 32.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  36. 36.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) draw a labelled diagram
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) make it better, retest
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask

Answer key

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

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