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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 70 · 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.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) pick the build order
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) build the model
  19. 19.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) check it against goals
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  29. 29.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  36. 36.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan

Answer key

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

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