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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 928 · 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 find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  13. 13.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest
  24. 24.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  36. 36.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) draw a labelled diagram
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create

Answer key

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

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