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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 892 · 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) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  10. 10.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) follow the plan to build
  20. 20.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  23. 23.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  25. 25.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) brainstorm many ideas
  29. 29.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Imagine
  3. no, it repeats
  4. Ask
  5. Improve
  6. make it better, retest
  7. Ask
  8. draw a labelled diagram
  9. Test
  10. True
  11. Create
  12. Ask
  13. Ask
  14. Improve
  15. False
  16. Test
  17. Test
  18. Improve
  19. dream up possible fixes
  20. Ask
  21. Improve
  22. Ask
  23. True
  24. find the limits
  25. True
  26. Imagine
  27. Plan
  28. pick the build order
  29. False
  30. Imagine
  31. False
  32. Imagine
  33. fix the weak part
  34. Ask
  35. False
  36. Imagine
  37. True
  38. Create
  39. True
  40. False

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