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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 934 · 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 redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  4. 4.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  11. 11.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  28. 28.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  30. 30.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) fix the weak part
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  39. 39.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Improve
  3. Imagine
  4. False
  5. Improve
  6. Plan
  7. Ask
  8. Ask
  9. Ask
  10. build the model
  11. Ask
  12. Test
  13. Ask
  14. True
  15. Plan
  16. Improve
  17. Create
  18. make a prototype
  19. think of wild ideas
  20. Create
  21. Test
  22. True
  23. draw a labelled diagram
  24. Test
  25. Imagine
  26. Imagine
  27. dream up possible fixes
  28. True
  29. define the problem
  30. True
  31. Ask
  32. redesign after testing
  33. follow the plan to build
  34. Plan
  35. True
  36. Plan
  37. brainstorm many ideas
  38. Imagine
  39. Plan
  40. Ask

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