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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 773 · 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 FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  8. 8.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) fix the weak part
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  23. 23.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) define the problem
  26. 26.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  29. 29.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  31. 31.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  36. 36.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. list the materials
  3. Plan
  4. Imagine
  5. Improve
  6. Ask
  7. Improve
  8. True
  9. Ask
  10. Plan
  11. Improve
  12. Create
  13. True
  14. Plan
  15. Ask
  16. Test
  17. make a prototype
  18. Improve
  19. Ask
  20. False
  21. Test
  22. Imagine
  23. False
  24. Improve
  25. redesign after testing
  26. no, it repeats
  27. fix the weak part
  28. check it against goals
  29. False
  30. Ask
  31. False
  32. False
  33. Create
  34. Test
  35. try it out
  36. False
  37. Ask
  38. Plan
  39. Create
  40. Imagine

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