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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 155 · 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) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) draw a labelled diagram
  5. 5.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  7. 7.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) think of wild ideas
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) ask who will use it
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  20. 20.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) think of wild ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) build the model
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) fix the weak part
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) ask who will use it (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  37. 37.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Plan
  3. Imagine
  4. think of wild ideas
  5. True
  6. list the materials
  7. True
  8. Ask
  9. Ask
  10. Improve
  11. try it out
  12. Test
  13. True
  14. fix the weak part
  15. Improve
  16. build the model
  17. make it better, retest
  18. Create
  19. no, it repeats
  20. False
  21. False
  22. dream up possible fixes
  23. Ask
  24. Test
  25. Ask
  26. Imagine
  27. redesign after testing
  28. find the limits
  29. Ask
  30. Imagine
  31. False
  32. Create
  33. Ask
  34. Create
  35. ask who will use it
  36. brainstorm many ideas
  37. True
  38. Imagine
  39. Imagine
  40. Plan

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