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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 793 · 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 “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  4. 4.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) pick the build order
  13. 13.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  16. 16.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  25. 25.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) check it against goals (d) follow the plan to build
  27. 27.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  30. 30.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  36. 36.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  40. 40.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Imagine
  3. Improve
  4. True
  5. Plan
  6. Improve
  7. Improve
  8. build the model
  9. Test
  10. brainstorm many ideas
  11. Imagine
  12. redesign after testing
  13. True
  14. Ask
  15. find the limits
  16. True
  17. False
  18. no, it repeats
  19. Plan
  20. Test
  21. False
  22. Improve
  23. Imagine
  24. Create
  25. False
  26. dream up possible fixes
  27. Ask
  28. ask who will use it
  29. Ask
  30. True
  31. Ask
  32. draw a labelled diagram
  33. try it out
  34. Create
  35. Plan
  36. True
  37. False
  38. define the problem
  39. measure its performance
  40. True

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