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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 562 · 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) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  13. 13.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) think of wild ideas
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  17. 17.🔄 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
  18. 18.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  32. 32.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. define the problem
  3. Improve
  4. find the limits
  5. follow the plan to build
  6. Imagine
  7. list the materials
  8. False
  9. Create
  10. build the model
  11. Create
  12. Ask
  13. True
  14. True
  15. think of wild ideas
  16. Test
  17. no, it repeats
  18. False
  19. Imagine
  20. Imagine
  21. Imagine
  22. Plan
  23. Ask
  24. dream up possible fixes
  25. Plan
  26. Improve
  27. False
  28. draw a labelled diagram
  29. Ask
  30. Improve
  31. Plan
  32. False
  33. Ask
  34. Imagine
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Plan
  39. True
  40. Ask

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