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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 573 · 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.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  11. 11.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  17. 17.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) follow the plan to build (d) fix the weak part
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) make a prototype
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  35. 35.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask

Answer key

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

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