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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 668 · 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.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  5. 5.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  8. 8.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  14. 14.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  20. 20.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  28. 28.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) list the materials
  33. 33.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. no, it repeats
  2. Create
  3. Imagine
  4. Create
  5. False
  6. False
  7. Ask
  8. True
  9. Ask
  10. dream up possible fixes
  11. Test
  12. True
  13. define the problem
  14. False
  15. Imagine
  16. Ask
  17. Imagine
  18. Improve
  19. Create
  20. True
  21. Imagine
  22. Ask
  23. Imagine
  24. Improve
  25. Improve
  26. fix the weak part
  27. Test
  28. Improve
  29. Create
  30. Imagine
  31. list the materials
  32. measure its performance
  33. False
  34. Plan
  35. Create
  36. Ask
  37. True
  38. Imagine
  39. Ask
  40. Imagine

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