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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 743 · 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) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  6. 6.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  13. 13.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  20. 20.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) build the model (d) check it against goals
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  38. 38.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) think of wild ideas

Answer key

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

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