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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 67 · 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, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  4. 4.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  6. 6.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  10. 10.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  16. 16.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  34. 34.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  40. 40.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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