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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 883 · 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 of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  5. 5.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  8. 8.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  19. 19.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 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
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) check it against goals (d) measure its performance
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) measure its performance (c) make it better, retest (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) pick the build order
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan

Answer key

  1. define the problem
  2. Ask
  3. False
  4. Ask
  5. False
  6. Improve
  7. Plan
  8. False
  9. False
  10. Improve
  11. Imagine
  12. Plan
  13. True
  14. Test
  15. brainstorm many ideas
  16. Plan
  17. Imagine
  18. Improve
  19. False
  20. Create
  21. Imagine
  22. Ask
  23. Plan
  24. True
  25. no, it repeats
  26. Imagine
  27. False
  28. make it better, retest
  29. measure its performance
  30. Create
  31. Create
  32. False
  33. draw a labelled diagram
  34. Improve
  35. find the limits
  36. False
  37. Imagine
  38. try it out
  39. make a prototype
  40. Imagine

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