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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 736 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  11. 11.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  13. 13.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  17. 17.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  20. 20.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  23. 23.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  28. 28.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  36. 36.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan

Answer key

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

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