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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 65 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  3. 3.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) list the materials
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  25. 25.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  28. 28.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  30. 30.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) list the materials
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. no, it repeats
  3. False
  4. Improve
  5. Plan
  6. Create
  7. Create
  8. Improve
  9. Ask
  10. Imagine
  11. Test
  12. False
  13. Test
  14. Ask
  15. Create
  16. Ask
  17. Ask
  18. Ask
  19. False
  20. think of wild ideas
  21. Plan
  22. list the materials
  23. measure its performance
  24. Plan
  25. True
  26. Improve
  27. Ask
  28. False
  29. Ask
  30. True
  31. Improve
  32. False
  33. Imagine
  34. fix the weak part
  35. follow the plan to build
  36. redesign after testing
  37. Improve
  38. False
  39. Ask
  40. True

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