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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 658 · 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) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) give up
  5. 5.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  10. 10.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  14. 14.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  17. 17.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve

Answer key

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

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