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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. False
  3. True
  4. Improve
  5. Plan
  6. False
  7. Ask
  8. follow the plan to build
  9. Plan
  10. True
  11. Plan
  12. no, it repeats
  13. Imagine
  14. False
  15. Plan
  16. Improve
  17. list the materials
  18. ask who will use it
  19. False
  20. Ask
  21. Imagine
  22. check it against goals
  23. True
  24. Test
  25. False
  26. Plan
  27. True
  28. Create
  29. Imagine
  30. Ask
  31. Plan
  32. Test
  33. draw a labelled diagram
  34. Ask
  35. Test
  36. Test
  37. Improve
  38. Create
  39. False
  40. dream up possible fixes

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