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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 926 · 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 list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  6. 6.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  18. 18.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  20. 20.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) pick the build order
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  24. 24.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  26. 26.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  29. 29.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  34. 34.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  36. 36.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Plan
  3. Imagine
  4. no, it repeats
  5. Improve
  6. False
  7. Ask
  8. Imagine
  9. Create
  10. Improve
  11. False
  12. False
  13. True
  14. Ask
  15. Imagine
  16. make it better, retest
  17. Test
  18. Plan
  19. Improve
  20. False
  21. try it out
  22. Plan
  23. list the materials
  24. True
  25. draw a labelled diagram
  26. True
  27. Test
  28. Test
  29. True
  30. Ask
  31. Create
  32. False
  33. pick the build order
  34. True
  35. make a prototype
  36. False
  37. think of wild ideas
  38. Plan
  39. Plan
  40. fix the weak part

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