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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 108 · 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: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  11. 11.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  17. 17.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  23. 23.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  25. 25.🔄 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
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  29. 29.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  33. 33.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  36. 36.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create

Answer key

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

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