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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 257 · 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.🔄 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
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  8. 8.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  21. 21.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  23. 23.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) think of wild ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  28. 28.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan

Answer key

  1. no, it repeats
  2. build the model
  3. try it out
  4. Imagine
  5. Ask
  6. Plan
  7. check it against goals
  8. True
  9. Imagine
  10. Test
  11. Ask
  12. False
  13. Plan
  14. redesign after testing
  15. Test
  16. Plan
  17. Ask
  18. False
  19. False
  20. Improve
  21. False
  22. Plan
  23. Improve
  24. Create
  25. fix the weak part
  26. Improve
  27. Improve
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Imagine
  31. True
  32. False
  33. Ask
  34. draw a labelled diagram
  35. Imagine
  36. Create
  37. measure its performance
  38. Test
  39. Ask
  40. Plan

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