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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 790 · 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 comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 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
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) redesign after testing (d) make a prototype
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  13. 13.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) build the model
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  20. 20.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) make a prototype (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) try it out (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  29. 29.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  31. 31.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  36. 36.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  39. 39.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model

Answer key

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

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