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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 274 · 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.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  5. 5.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) list the materials (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  13. 13.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) list the materials
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  20. 20.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  27. 27.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Plan
  3. Imagine
  4. Ask
  5. False
  6. follow the plan to build
  7. Ask
  8. ask who will use it
  9. no, it repeats
  10. Imagine
  11. Improve
  12. Imagine
  13. True
  14. Plan
  15. pick the build order
  16. dream up possible fixes
  17. Test
  18. False
  19. Create
  20. True
  21. True
  22. Create
  23. Improve
  24. Imagine
  25. Improve
  26. list the materials
  27. False
  28. draw a labelled diagram
  29. Plan
  30. Plan
  31. False
  32. check it against goals
  33. Test
  34. Ask
  35. Imagine
  36. Plan
  37. Create
  38. False
  39. Create
  40. measure its performance

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