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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 232 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  23. 23.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  29. 29.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make it better, retest
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Plan
  3. False
  4. Create
  5. Create
  6. Imagine
  7. make it better, retest
  8. Ask
  9. Plan
  10. brainstorm many ideas
  11. check it against goals
  12. Improve
  13. redesign after testing
  14. Imagine
  15. Create
  16. Improve
  17. Improve
  18. think of wild ideas
  19. Improve
  20. Ask
  21. Test
  22. Create
  23. True
  24. no, it repeats
  25. Imagine
  26. Ask
  27. True
  28. Ask
  29. False
  30. Improve
  31. define the problem
  32. Test
  33. Plan
  34. True
  35. False
  36. Test
  37. Improve
  38. Plan
  39. False
  40. Ask

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