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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 950 · 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) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  6. 6.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  10. 10.🔄 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
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  15. 15.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  24. 24.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  28. 28.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. False
  3. False
  4. Plan
  5. find the limits
  6. False
  7. Imagine
  8. redesign after testing
  9. draw a labelled diagram
  10. no, it repeats
  11. Plan
  12. Ask
  13. Create
  14. Plan
  15. True
  16. Create
  17. Improve
  18. ask who will use it
  19. Plan
  20. Ask
  21. build the model
  22. Ask
  23. Plan
  24. True
  25. Improve
  26. Ask
  27. list the materials
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Plan
  31. False
  32. Plan
  33. Improve
  34. True
  35. Create
  36. Imagine
  37. Ask
  38. Create
  39. True
  40. False

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