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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 722 · 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) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  2. 2.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  5. 5.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  21. 21.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  26. 26.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  38. 38.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. False
  3. Create
  4. define the problem
  5. True
  6. True
  7. Improve
  8. Test
  9. Imagine
  10. Ask
  11. pick the build order
  12. Improve
  13. True
  14. Imagine
  15. find the limits
  16. no, it repeats
  17. Plan
  18. Ask
  19. think of wild ideas
  20. Ask
  21. False
  22. Imagine
  23. Ask
  24. Improve
  25. Plan
  26. True
  27. Ask
  28. False
  29. Create
  30. Plan
  31. True
  32. Plan
  33. Imagine
  34. False
  35. try it out
  36. dream up possible fixes
  37. Ask
  38. True
  39. False
  40. Test

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