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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 675 · 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) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  4. 4.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) list the materials
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  26. 26.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  28. 28.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  34. 34.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Imagine
  3. Test
  4. True
  5. Improve
  6. Plan
  7. Ask
  8. build the model
  9. Imagine
  10. Test
  11. brainstorm many ideas
  12. Ask
  13. Improve
  14. try it out
  15. True
  16. False
  17. True
  18. Ask
  19. Ask
  20. Improve
  21. no, it repeats
  22. Create
  23. make a prototype
  24. Test
  25. Plan
  26. True
  27. Improve
  28. True
  29. Ask
  30. Plan
  31. find the limits
  32. dream up possible fixes
  33. follow the plan to build
  34. False
  35. Test
  36. draw a labelled diagram
  37. Imagine
  38. Ask
  39. Create
  40. make it better, retest

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