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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 685 · 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.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) try it out (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) check it against goals
  10. 10.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  14. 14.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  19. 19.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  33. 33.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  38. 38.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve

Answer key

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

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