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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 390 · 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) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  5. 5.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  10. 10.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  14. 14.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  32. 32.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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