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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 946 · 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 is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  2. 2.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  6. 6.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  15. 15.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  17. 17.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  22. 22.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  29. 29.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. False
  3. Test
  4. dream up possible fixes
  5. Ask
  6. True
  7. Create
  8. Imagine
  9. Plan
  10. Ask
  11. Ask
  12. Plan
  13. Plan
  14. follow the plan to build
  15. True
  16. measure its performance
  17. True
  18. Imagine
  19. Ask
  20. Create
  21. try it out
  22. Ask
  23. Plan
  24. pick the build order
  25. False
  26. False
  27. False
  28. Create
  29. True
  30. Improve
  31. Improve
  32. Imagine
  33. Imagine
  34. Plan
  35. False
  36. Test
  37. True
  38. True
  39. Ask
  40. False

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