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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 627 · 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 comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  7. 7.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  9. 9.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) redesign after testing (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  23. 23.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) follow the plan to build
  31. 31.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create

Answer key

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

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