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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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