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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 117 · 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: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  5. 5.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  18. 18.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) find the limits
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) make a prototype
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 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
  27. 27.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  35. 35.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  37. 37.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  40. 40.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. True
  3. True
  4. Imagine
  5. False
  6. True
  7. Imagine
  8. Improve
  9. Ask
  10. Test
  11. Improve
  12. Imagine
  13. Ask
  14. Create
  15. Create
  16. follow the plan to build
  17. make a prototype
  18. True
  19. Ask
  20. draw a labelled diagram
  21. fix the weak part
  22. try it out
  23. Ask
  24. Ask
  25. False
  26. no, it repeats
  27. True
  28. Test
  29. Plan
  30. Plan
  31. Test
  32. True
  33. False
  34. Plan
  35. False
  36. build the model
  37. False
  38. measure its performance
  39. redesign after testing
  40. Ask

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