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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 128 · 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.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  5. 5.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  11. 11.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  17. 17.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  20. 20.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Improve
  3. make a prototype
  4. Ask
  5. Plan
  6. Imagine
  7. Ask
  8. False
  9. False
  10. try it out
  11. Ask
  12. pick the build order
  13. Ask
  14. Plan
  15. Create
  16. Create
  17. False
  18. Improve
  19. make it better, retest
  20. False
  21. Plan
  22. Test
  23. Ask
  24. False
  25. False
  26. False
  27. Ask
  28. True
  29. Test
  30. Test
  31. build the model
  32. follow the plan to build
  33. find the limits
  34. Plan
  35. Imagine
  36. Imagine
  37. Plan
  38. no, it repeats
  39. think of wild ideas
  40. Create

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