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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 786 · 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) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  9. 9.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) build the model
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  15. 15.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) build the model
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) fix the weak part (d) follow the plan to build
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  37. 37.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Plan
  3. True
  4. Create
  5. Ask
  6. redesign after testing
  7. no, it repeats
  8. Plan
  9. True
  10. Ask
  11. brainstorm many ideas
  12. Plan
  13. draw a labelled diagram
  14. Plan
  15. False
  16. Test
  17. Create
  18. try it out
  19. Ask
  20. think of wild ideas
  21. Plan
  22. Test
  23. follow the plan to build
  24. Ask
  25. False
  26. Test
  27. Improve
  28. dream up possible fixes
  29. Imagine
  30. Imagine
  31. True
  32. False
  33. Improve
  34. False
  35. Imagine
  36. Test
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. True

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