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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 775 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  13. 13.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  20. 20.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) check it against goals (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  33. 33.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) redesign after testing (d) pick the build order
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) follow the plan to build (d) fix the weak part
  39. 39.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. True
  3. Improve
  4. Improve
  5. Imagine
  6. Ask
  7. list the materials
  8. make a prototype
  9. no, it repeats
  10. Imagine
  11. pick the build order
  12. Improve
  13. False
  14. Ask
  15. make it better, retest
  16. Test
  17. Plan
  18. Plan
  19. Imagine
  20. False
  21. False
  22. think of wild ideas
  23. brainstorm many ideas
  24. Improve
  25. Imagine
  26. Ask
  27. Improve
  28. True
  29. True
  30. True
  31. False
  32. check it against goals
  33. False
  34. False
  35. Test
  36. try it out
  37. fix the weak part
  38. follow the plan to build
  39. False
  40. False

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