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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 75 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  5. 5.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  16. 16.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  18. 18.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  22. 22.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  29. 29.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  35. 35.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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