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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 180 · 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 make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) follow the plan to build
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  11. 11.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  21. 21.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  29. 29.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  33. 33.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  37. 37.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) follow the plan to build (d) list the materials
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  40. 40.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. False
  3. False
  4. follow the plan to build
  5. Imagine
  6. brainstorm many ideas
  7. Improve
  8. Plan
  9. Plan
  10. Create
  11. True
  12. no, it repeats
  13. Ask
  14. True
  15. Plan
  16. False
  17. Test
  18. True
  19. Test
  20. Ask
  21. False
  22. Create
  23. Plan
  24. Test
  25. Improve
  26. think of wild ideas
  27. Create
  28. Create
  29. False
  30. Improve
  31. Plan
  32. try it out
  33. True
  34. Test
  35. Imagine
  36. Improve
  37. False
  38. list the materials
  39. dream up possible fixes
  40. False

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