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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 651 · 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: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  4. 4.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) brainstorm many ideas
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  16. 16.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  19. 19.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  26. 26.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  32. 32.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) brainstorm many ideas
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. check it against goals
  3. Create
  4. True
  5. Test
  6. try it out
  7. Ask
  8. Imagine
  9. Ask
  10. brainstorm many ideas
  11. Improve
  12. True
  13. Plan
  14. Ask
  15. Improve
  16. True
  17. False
  18. list the materials
  19. True
  20. Create
  21. no, it repeats
  22. Plan
  23. Improve
  24. Create
  25. Create
  26. False
  27. Create
  28. True
  29. Plan
  30. True
  31. find the limits
  32. True
  33. Imagine
  34. True
  35. False
  36. Test
  37. define the problem
  38. Improve
  39. Imagine
  40. Ask

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