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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 61 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  2. 2.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) list the materials
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  10. 10.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  24. 24.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  26. 26.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  31. 31.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  36. 36.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  39. 39.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. False
  3. dream up possible fixes
  4. Plan
  5. Imagine
  6. Ask
  7. Ask
  8. measure its performance
  9. Test
  10. True
  11. Improve
  12. Plan
  13. Imagine
  14. Imagine
  15. Create
  16. Test
  17. draw a labelled diagram
  18. redesign after testing
  19. Ask
  20. find the limits
  21. Imagine
  22. True
  23. pick the build order
  24. False
  25. Ask
  26. False
  27. Ask
  28. Create
  29. Ask
  30. no, it repeats
  31. True
  32. Plan
  33. Imagine
  34. Imagine
  35. Ask
  36. True
  37. True
  38. Ask
  39. True
  40. Create

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