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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 515 · 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 ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  4. 4.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  13. 13.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  14. 14.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  26. 26.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  30. 30.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  32. 32.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) ask who will use it
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Ask
  3. Imagine
  4. False
  5. measure its performance
  6. Ask
  7. Improve
  8. Ask
  9. Imagine
  10. Plan
  11. Ask
  12. Create
  13. no, it repeats
  14. False
  15. False
  16. True
  17. True
  18. pick the build order
  19. Test
  20. Plan
  21. Plan
  22. False
  23. Improve
  24. build the model
  25. find the limits
  26. False
  27. follow the plan to build
  28. think of wild ideas
  29. define the problem
  30. Ask
  31. Ask
  32. True
  33. brainstorm many ideas
  34. Improve
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Imagine
  39. Plan
  40. Plan

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