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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 957 · 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 comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  4. 4.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  8. 8.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  10. 10.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) measure its performance (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) brainstorm many ideas
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  20. 20.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  33. 33.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  36. 36.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Test
  3. make a prototype
  4. False
  5. Improve
  6. Plan
  7. Imagine
  8. True
  9. find the limits
  10. False
  11. measure its performance
  12. Improve
  13. pick the build order
  14. follow the plan to build
  15. Improve
  16. Plan
  17. Improve
  18. True
  19. Ask
  20. False
  21. Improve
  22. True
  23. Improve
  24. Imagine
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Test
  28. Ask
  29. make it better, retest
  30. think of wild ideas
  31. dream up possible fixes
  32. define the problem
  33. True
  34. False
  35. Imagine
  36. False
  37. Ask
  38. Test
  39. True
  40. Plan

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