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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 813 · 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 of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  7. 7.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  15. 15.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  25. 25.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) try it out
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  33. 33.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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