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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 789 · 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 comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  11. 11.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) redesign after testing
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  33. 33.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  39. 39.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals

Answer key

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

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