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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 887 · 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) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  5. 5.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) dream up possible fixes (c) think of wild ideas (d) brainstorm many ideas
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  25. 25.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  33. 33.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  36. 36.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Create
  3. Ask
  4. no, it repeats
  5. True
  6. False
  7. True
  8. False
  9. Ask
  10. redesign after testing
  11. Create
  12. Plan
  13. fix the weak part
  14. Test
  15. Test
  16. Improve
  17. Imagine
  18. Imagine
  19. check it against goals
  20. build the model
  21. dream up possible fixes
  22. Improve
  23. Imagine
  24. Improve
  25. True
  26. Imagine
  27. Create
  28. brainstorm many ideas
  29. Test
  30. Plan
  31. Test
  32. Plan
  33. True
  34. Ask
  35. follow the plan to build
  36. False
  37. Ask
  38. False
  39. Improve
  40. False

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