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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 808 · 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 FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  17. 17.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) define the problem
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  22. 22.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  31. 31.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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