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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 331 · 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.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  4. 4.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) measure its performance (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  18. 18.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  21. 21.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  23. 23.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test

Answer key

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

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