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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 451 · 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.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  8. 8.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) measure its performance (c) try it out (d) think of wild ideas
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) try it out (d) list the materials

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Improve
  3. True
  4. False
  5. find the limits
  6. no, it repeats
  7. draw a labelled diagram
  8. True
  9. Ask
  10. think of wild ideas
  11. Improve
  12. False
  13. Ask
  14. True
  15. Imagine
  16. Plan
  17. Plan
  18. ask who will use it
  19. Imagine
  20. Create
  21. Test
  22. Imagine
  23. Imagine
  24. Imagine
  25. define the problem
  26. Plan
  27. Ask
  28. Improve
  29. Plan
  30. Improve
  31. Ask
  32. Test
  33. Imagine
  34. False
  35. Create
  36. Plan
  37. Ask
  38. try it out
  39. Plan
  40. make a prototype

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