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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 612 · 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 FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  2. 2.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) make a prototype
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  16. 16.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  21. 21.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  23. 23.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. True
  3. Test
  4. measure its performance
  5. Improve
  6. Test
  7. Improve
  8. Imagine
  9. True
  10. make a prototype
  11. find the limits
  12. Plan
  13. False
  14. no, it repeats
  15. Imagine
  16. False
  17. Ask
  18. Ask
  19. Improve
  20. Plan
  21. False
  22. Ask
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Ask
  26. Plan
  27. Improve
  28. True
  29. False
  30. ask who will use it
  31. Ask
  32. brainstorm many ideas
  33. fix the weak part
  34. Plan
  35. pick the build order
  36. Imagine
  37. True
  38. False
  39. Improve
  40. Create

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