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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 938 · 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 make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  5. 5.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  19. 19.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  22. 22.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) think of wild ideas (d) check it against goals
  26. 26.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) make it better, retest (d) define the problem
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) measure its performance
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. no, it repeats
  3. Improve
  4. think of wild ideas
  5. True
  6. Improve
  7. Create
  8. Imagine
  9. Ask
  10. Create
  11. Plan
  12. Ask
  13. Plan
  14. False
  15. True
  16. build the model
  17. Ask
  18. brainstorm many ideas
  19. Improve
  20. Test
  21. Ask
  22. True
  23. Imagine
  24. Ask
  25. ask who will use it
  26. False
  27. Ask
  28. Plan
  29. Plan
  30. Ask
  31. Ask
  32. measure its performance
  33. Improve
  34. Imagine
  35. False
  36. Test
  37. redesign after testing
  38. make a prototype
  39. Ask
  40. False

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