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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 497 · 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 list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) define the problem (d) make it better, retest
  8. 8.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  17. 17.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) check it against goals
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  33. 33.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask

Answer key

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

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