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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 587 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  21. 21.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  24. 24.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  26. 26.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  32. 32.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  34. 34.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) draw a labelled diagram
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create

Answer key

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

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