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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 582 · 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) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  6. 6.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  17. 17.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  35. 35.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  40. 40.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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