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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 139 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  2. 2.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  15. 15.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  17. 17.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) measure its performance (c) make it better, retest (d) dream up possible fixes
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  34. 34.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  37. 37.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. True
  3. Imagine
  4. Plan
  5. Improve
  6. redesign after testing
  7. Ask
  8. Test
  9. no, it repeats
  10. make a prototype
  11. Improve
  12. Improve
  13. Create
  14. Plan
  15. True
  16. list the materials
  17. True
  18. think of wild ideas
  19. Create
  20. False
  21. Imagine
  22. Test
  23. False
  24. Imagine
  25. Ask
  26. dream up possible fixes
  27. Ask
  28. Imagine
  29. Imagine
  30. True
  31. Ask
  32. Improve
  33. Imagine
  34. False
  35. True
  36. define the problem
  37. False
  38. True
  39. False
  40. make it better, retest

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