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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 673 · 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 “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  5. 5.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  21. 21.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  30. 30.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 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
  33. 33.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) make a prototype (d) fix the weak part
  38. 38.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Ask
  3. Ask
  4. Imagine
  5. False
  6. Ask
  7. Improve
  8. Improve
  9. check it against goals
  10. Improve
  11. ask who will use it
  12. Ask
  13. Plan
  14. False
  15. build the model
  16. Imagine
  17. Create
  18. Ask
  19. Imagine
  20. pick the build order
  21. True
  22. find the limits
  23. Plan
  24. Create
  25. True
  26. True
  27. Plan
  28. draw a labelled diagram
  29. Improve
  30. True
  31. True
  32. no, it repeats
  33. True
  34. dream up possible fixes
  35. Imagine
  36. False
  37. fix the weak part
  38. False
  39. Improve
  40. False

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