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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 931 · 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 comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  2. 2.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) pick the build order
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  23. 23.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  30. 30.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) redesign after testing
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. False
  3. Test
  4. Ask
  5. Ask
  6. Create
  7. check it against goals
  8. dream up possible fixes
  9. Improve
  10. Test
  11. Improve
  12. False
  13. think of wild ideas
  14. fix the weak part
  15. Plan
  16. False
  17. Plan
  18. False
  19. ask who will use it
  20. True
  21. Ask
  22. Improve
  23. False
  24. no, it repeats
  25. Ask
  26. Imagine
  27. False
  28. Create
  29. Imagine
  30. False
  31. Ask
  32. Plan
  33. try it out
  34. Improve
  35. Imagine
  36. find the limits
  37. Create
  38. Ask
  39. False
  40. Plan

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