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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 802 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) follow the plan to build (d) fix the weak part
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  11. 11.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  15. 15.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  17. 17.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) build the model (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  23. 23.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  26. 26.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) make a prototype

Answer key

  1. Test
  2. Ask
  3. Plan
  4. Ask
  5. Improve
  6. Imagine
  7. pick the build order
  8. fix the weak part
  9. Plan
  10. Create
  11. False
  12. Improve
  13. Improve
  14. Ask
  15. True
  16. Ask
  17. True
  18. Ask
  19. Imagine
  20. Plan
  21. Create
  22. dream up possible fixes
  23. False
  24. False
  25. Ask
  26. False
  27. Create
  28. Improve
  29. Imagine
  30. Ask
  31. Ask
  32. Imagine
  33. Plan
  34. try it out
  35. Imagine
  36. Imagine
  37. Test
  38. Ask
  39. no, it repeats
  40. define the problem

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