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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 930 · 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 measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make a prototype (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  6. 6.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  8. 8.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  19. 19.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  24. 24.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  29. 29.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) make a prototype
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. False
  2. make a prototype
  3. Imagine
  4. Imagine
  5. ask who will use it
  6. True
  7. Create
  8. False
  9. Create
  10. Ask
  11. True
  12. Ask
  13. Improve
  14. Plan
  15. Test
  16. Improve
  17. Test
  18. Test
  19. False
  20. False
  21. Improve
  22. think of wild ideas
  23. Imagine
  24. False
  25. Imagine
  26. Ask
  27. Create
  28. Ask
  29. False
  30. Improve
  31. check it against goals
  32. Plan
  33. True
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Plan
  37. Plan
  38. make it better, retest
  39. Imagine
  40. Ask

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