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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 326 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  3. 3.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  15. 15.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) check it against goals
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Ask
  3. False
  4. draw a labelled diagram
  5. Ask
  6. Test
  7. Imagine
  8. Improve
  9. make a prototype
  10. Create
  11. Improve
  12. False
  13. Improve
  14. no, it repeats
  15. True
  16. Create
  17. Test
  18. False
  19. True
  20. Plan
  21. Improve
  22. Ask
  23. Improve
  24. False
  25. check it against goals
  26. Test
  27. True
  28. measure its performance
  29. Imagine
  30. Create
  31. Ask
  32. False
  33. Imagine
  34. find the limits
  35. make it better, retest
  36. Plan
  37. think of wild ideas
  38. Imagine
  39. Ask
  40. fix the weak part

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