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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 282 · 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 is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  9. 9.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) follow the plan to build (d) build the model
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  23. 23.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  28. 28.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas

Answer key

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

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