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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 723 · 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 follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  6. 6.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  16. 16.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  29. 29.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  32. 32.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  36. 36.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  38. 38.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. Ask
  4. Imagine
  5. Create
  6. False
  7. Create
  8. False
  9. Improve
  10. Improve
  11. Improve
  12. Ask
  13. Imagine
  14. Test
  15. Ask
  16. True
  17. follow the plan to build
  18. Plan
  19. Plan
  20. False
  21. Imagine
  22. Improve
  23. Improve
  24. Ask
  25. Imagine
  26. Test
  27. define the problem
  28. Create
  29. False
  30. Imagine
  31. draw a labelled diagram
  32. True
  33. Ask
  34. Test
  35. Ask
  36. False
  37. ask who will use it
  38. True
  39. Plan
  40. Create

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