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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 192 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  5. 5.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  23. 23.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  34. 34.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test

Answer key

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

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