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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 810 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  3. 3.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  24. 24.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) define the problem
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Plan
  3. False
  4. Ask
  5. Ask
  6. Imagine
  7. Create
  8. Improve
  9. no, it repeats
  10. Imagine
  11. Plan
  12. True
  13. Imagine
  14. True
  15. try it out
  16. make it better, retest
  17. Test
  18. Ask
  19. Create
  20. Plan
  21. Plan
  22. Test
  23. Improve
  24. True
  25. Imagine
  26. Test
  27. Imagine
  28. True
  29. Ask
  30. define the problem
  31. Create
  32. False
  33. Improve
  34. Ask
  35. Improve
  36. measure its performance
  37. build the model
  38. make a prototype
  39. Create
  40. False

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