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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 936 · 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 Create step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) ask who will use it
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  6. 6.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) give up
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  11. 11.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  18. 18.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  21. 21.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  26. 26.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) define the problem
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas

Answer key

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

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