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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 633 · 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, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  4. 4.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 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
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) pick the build order
  7. 7.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) think of wild ideas
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) make a prototype (d) follow the plan to build
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  23. 23.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  33. 33.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  37. 37.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it

Answer key

  1. Test
  2. find the limits
  3. Imagine
  4. True
  5. no, it repeats
  6. redesign after testing
  7. False
  8. False
  9. think of wild ideas
  10. Test
  11. Improve
  12. Plan
  13. Create
  14. False
  15. Ask
  16. Improve
  17. Test
  18. Plan
  19. Plan
  20. Ask
  21. ask who will use it
  22. Plan
  23. False
  24. Test
  25. Improve
  26. Imagine
  27. pick the build order
  28. define the problem
  29. Imagine
  30. Ask
  31. Create
  32. Create
  33. False
  34. Ask
  35. False
  36. build the model
  37. True
  38. Improve
  39. Ask
  40. fix the weak part

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