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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 716 · 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 design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  2. 2.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) find the limits
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  16. 16.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make a prototype
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  22. 22.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  26. 26.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. False
  3. Create
  4. think of wild ideas
  5. False
  6. draw a labelled diagram
  7. Ask
  8. Improve
  9. True
  10. Ask
  11. brainstorm many ideas
  12. no, it repeats
  13. Test
  14. Test
  15. Plan
  16. True
  17. Improve
  18. dream up possible fixes
  19. Imagine
  20. fix the weak part
  21. Ask
  22. False
  23. measure its performance
  24. Plan
  25. Imagine
  26. False
  27. Ask
  28. Create
  29. Imagine
  30. True
  31. True
  32. Plan
  33. True
  34. Imagine
  35. True
  36. build the model
  37. follow the plan to build
  38. Plan
  39. list the materials
  40. Improve

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