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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 963 · 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) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) make it better, retest (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) pick the build order
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  13. 13.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 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
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  17. 17.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) think of wild ideas
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) check it against goals
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve

Answer key

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

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