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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 739 · 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 “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  6. 6.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  27. 27.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  29. 29.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) check it against goals (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  36. 36.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing

Answer key

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

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