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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 747 · 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 Test step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  17. 17.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  22. 22.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  24. 24.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  26. 26.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  29. 29.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  33. 33.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) find the limits
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Improve
  3. Plan
  4. define the problem
  5. redesign after testing
  6. Test
  7. Create
  8. Ask
  9. no, it repeats
  10. Ask
  11. Improve
  12. Improve
  13. Imagine
  14. Imagine
  15. Create
  16. Ask
  17. True
  18. Plan
  19. False
  20. False
  21. Imagine
  22. True
  23. Ask
  24. True
  25. Test
  26. True
  27. Create
  28. ask who will use it
  29. False
  30. False
  31. Create
  32. Ask
  33. False
  34. False
  35. Plan
  36. Ask
  37. dream up possible fixes
  38. build the model
  39. Plan
  40. Test

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