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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 781 · 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) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) measure its performance
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  9. 9.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) pick the build order (d) define the problem
  24. 24.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  29. 29.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  33. 33.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test

Answer key

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

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