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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 138 · 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: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  6. 6.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) measure its performance
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  16. 16.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  23. 23.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) list the materials
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) measure its performance
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Imagine
  3. no, it repeats
  4. Improve
  5. Plan
  6. False
  7. Create
  8. Improve
  9. True
  10. Create
  11. Imagine
  12. True
  13. fix the weak part
  14. Improve
  15. pick the build order
  16. True
  17. Plan
  18. Create
  19. Improve
  20. Plan
  21. Plan
  22. Ask
  23. True
  24. Improve
  25. Ask
  26. redesign after testing
  27. ask who will use it
  28. False
  29. Ask
  30. define the problem
  31. Improve
  32. True
  33. measure its performance
  34. Imagine
  35. Imagine
  36. Create
  37. list the materials
  38. Imagine
  39. Imagine
  40. Test

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