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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 811 · 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 follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  23. 23.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) make it better, retest (d) find the limits
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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