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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 761 · 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 build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  7. 7.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) check it against goals
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  20. 20.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) list the materials
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  28. 28.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  37. 37.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays

Answer key

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

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