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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 771 · 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.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) brainstorm many ideas
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  7. 7.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  9. 9.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  15. 15.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) fix the weak part
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  24. 24.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  35. 35.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) build the model (d) make a prototype
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Imagine
  3. Plan
  4. draw a labelled diagram
  5. redesign after testing
  6. Ask
  7. False
  8. no, it repeats
  9. True
  10. dream up possible fixes
  11. Ask
  12. list the materials
  13. Improve
  14. Improve
  15. False
  16. False
  17. ask who will use it
  18. Test
  19. Imagine
  20. Ask
  21. Plan
  22. False
  23. Improve
  24. False
  25. Test
  26. define the problem
  27. Ask
  28. True
  29. Test
  30. build the model
  31. Create
  32. False
  33. Ask
  34. Imagine
  35. Improve
  36. think of wild ideas
  37. Ask
  38. Ask
  39. Improve
  40. measure its performance

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