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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 745 · 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 draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) make it better, retest (d) brainstorm many ideas
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  6. 6.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  11. 11.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  19. 19.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) build the model (d) redesign after testing
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) pick the build order
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) list the materials
  30. 30.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  37. 37.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  40. 40.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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