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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 204 · 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 follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  5. 5.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest

Answer key

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

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