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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 344 · 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, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  4. 4.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  6. 6.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  8. 8.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  24. 24.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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