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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 422 · 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) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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