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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 201 · 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 is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  3. 3.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  7. 7.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  11. 11.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  19. 19.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  23. 23.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) redesign after testing
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  38. 38.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest

Answer key

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

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