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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 995 · 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 fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  17. 17.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  24. 24.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) build the model
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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