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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 616 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  4. 4.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  18. 18.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  23. 23.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 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
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  38. 38.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) dream up possible fixes (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest

Answer key

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

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