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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 803 · 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.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  3. 3.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  10. 10.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) make it better, retest
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Test
  3. True
  4. brainstorm many ideas
  5. Imagine
  6. False
  7. build the model
  8. no, it repeats
  9. Create
  10. False
  11. Improve
  12. Ask
  13. False
  14. Test
  15. Plan
  16. ask who will use it
  17. follow the plan to build
  18. Test
  19. try it out
  20. False
  21. Plan
  22. Plan
  23. measure its performance
  24. Plan
  25. Plan
  26. Test
  27. False
  28. Create
  29. Ask
  30. think of wild ideas
  31. Ask
  32. Create
  33. Improve
  34. Ask
  35. define the problem
  36. Create
  37. False
  38. list the materials
  39. make a prototype
  40. Create

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