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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 504 · 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 follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  12. 12.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  20. 20.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) follow the plan to build
  24. 24.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  28. 28.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) ask who will use it
  31. 31.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Improve
  3. Ask
  4. Ask
  5. Create
  6. Test
  7. draw a labelled diagram
  8. Improve
  9. Test
  10. list the materials
  11. brainstorm many ideas
  12. False
  13. Imagine
  14. False
  15. Ask
  16. Plan
  17. Imagine
  18. pick the build order
  19. measure its performance
  20. True
  21. True
  22. Plan
  23. define the problem
  24. False
  25. make it better, retest
  26. Plan
  27. redesign after testing
  28. False
  29. Improve
  30. fix the weak part
  31. False
  32. True
  33. False
  34. Imagine
  35. follow the plan to build
  36. Plan
  37. Create
  38. Test
  39. Imagine
  40. no, it repeats

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