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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 835 · 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 pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  7. 7.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) brainstorm many ideas
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  27. 27.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) build the model
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  31. 31.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Ask
  3. define the problem
  4. Improve
  5. False
  6. Ask
  7. True
  8. Ask
  9. Improve
  10. Plan
  11. Plan
  12. brainstorm many ideas
  13. think of wild ideas
  14. Plan
  15. True
  16. False
  17. Create
  18. no, it repeats
  19. Imagine
  20. list the materials
  21. Ask
  22. Ask
  23. draw a labelled diagram
  24. Test
  25. try it out
  26. pick the build order
  27. True
  28. Plan
  29. build the model
  30. Imagine
  31. True
  32. Plan
  33. Ask
  34. True
  35. True
  36. Imagine
  37. Ask
  38. Ask
  39. Improve
  40. Imagine

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