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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 426 · 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 “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) think of wild ideas (d) list the materials
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  7. 7.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 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
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  26. 26.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  27. 27.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  34. 34.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) define the problem

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. think of wild ideas
  3. Plan
  4. Improve
  5. Plan
  6. Plan
  7. True
  8. False
  9. True
  10. no, it repeats
  11. follow the plan to build
  12. Ask
  13. Improve
  14. Imagine
  15. Imagine
  16. Test
  17. Test
  18. Ask
  19. Imagine
  20. Create
  21. Imagine
  22. True
  23. Create
  24. redesign after testing
  25. ask who will use it
  26. Ask
  27. False
  28. try it out
  29. Ask
  30. True
  31. Create
  32. Imagine
  33. Plan
  34. False
  35. Create
  36. Ask
  37. make a prototype
  38. measure its performance
  39. True
  40. build the model

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