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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 994 · 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 design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  2. 2.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) redesign after testing
  7. 7.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  34. 34.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  36. 36.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) try it out (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. Test
  2. False
  3. Test
  4. Plan
  5. Improve
  6. define the problem
  7. True
  8. Ask
  9. redesign after testing
  10. no, it repeats
  11. measure its performance
  12. Create
  13. True
  14. Ask
  15. Ask
  16. Ask
  17. Plan
  18. True
  19. Plan
  20. Improve
  21. Ask
  22. True
  23. find the limits
  24. Imagine
  25. Test
  26. Plan
  27. Improve
  28. follow the plan to build
  29. Improve
  30. Imagine
  31. ask who will use it
  32. Create
  33. dream up possible fixes
  34. False
  35. Create
  36. False
  37. Imagine
  38. draw a labelled diagram
  39. think of wild ideas
  40. Plan

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