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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 640 · 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) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  6. 6.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  12. 12.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  20. 20.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  32. 32.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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