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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 650 · 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 comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  2. 2.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) find the limits
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  11. 11.🔄 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
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) fix the weak part (d) make a prototype
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  26. 26.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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