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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 799 · 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) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  2. 2.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  13. 13.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  22. 22.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  24. 24.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) redesign after testing (d) make a prototype
  26. 26.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  29. 29.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  35. 35.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) redesign after testing
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine

Answer key

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

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