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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 296 · 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 FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  2. 2.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  17. 17.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  25. 25.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  32. 32.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) think of wild ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) build the model
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  36. 36.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. False
  3. Improve
  4. False
  5. try it out
  6. Plan
  7. Ask
  8. Ask
  9. Improve
  10. Ask
  11. Plan
  12. True
  13. pick the build order
  14. Improve
  15. ask who will use it
  16. check it against goals
  17. False
  18. True
  19. no, it repeats
  20. brainstorm many ideas
  21. Test
  22. False
  23. Imagine
  24. fix the weak part
  25. True
  26. Plan
  27. Imagine
  28. Improve
  29. Imagine
  30. False
  31. Plan
  32. True
  33. Improve
  34. think of wild ideas
  35. Plan
  36. False
  37. Test
  38. Ask
  39. Create
  40. find the limits

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