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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 576 · 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) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) follow the plan to build
  4. 4.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  10. 10.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  15. 15.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) check it against goals (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  18. 18.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  25. 25.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Plan
  3. ask who will use it
  4. True
  5. True
  6. no, it repeats
  7. dream up possible fixes
  8. Imagine
  9. Plan
  10. True
  11. build the model
  12. make it better, retest
  13. Ask
  14. Plan
  15. False
  16. define the problem
  17. Test
  18. False
  19. Ask
  20. Plan
  21. Imagine
  22. Imagine
  23. Ask
  24. Improve
  25. False
  26. Plan
  27. Imagine
  28. try it out
  29. make a prototype
  30. Ask
  31. False
  32. brainstorm many ideas
  33. Test
  34. Ask
  35. think of wild ideas
  36. Create
  37. Plan
  38. Test
  39. Imagine
  40. True

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