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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 896 · 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) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  4. 4.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  6. 6.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  12. 12.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  20. 20.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  37. 37.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  40. 40.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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