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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 998 · 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) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  2. 2.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  16. 16.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) ask who will use it (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  23. 23.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) fix the weak part (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create

Answer key

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

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