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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 886 · 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, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) fix the weak part
  3. 3.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  7. 7.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  10. 10.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  14. 14.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  19. 19.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  30. 30.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  36. 36.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  38. 38.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. pick the build order
  3. False
  4. Plan
  5. Create
  6. Ask
  7. True
  8. False
  9. Plan
  10. False
  11. Ask
  12. find the limits
  13. Test
  14. True
  15. Create
  16. Improve
  17. Create
  18. Test
  19. Ask
  20. build the model
  21. Plan
  22. False
  23. True
  24. Improve
  25. Improve
  26. Test
  27. Improve
  28. False
  29. Ask
  30. True
  31. Improve
  32. False
  33. fix the weak part
  34. Ask
  35. Test
  36. True
  37. define the problem
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Imagine

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