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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 971 · 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 comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 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
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  13. 13.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  15. 15.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  27. 27.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  30. 30.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  35. 35.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Create
  3. Ask
  4. no, it repeats
  5. Test
  6. Improve
  7. True
  8. Ask
  9. Plan
  10. Imagine
  11. brainstorm many ideas
  12. Plan
  13. True
  14. dream up possible fixes
  15. False
  16. redesign after testing
  17. Plan
  18. False
  19. False
  20. Plan
  21. Ask
  22. True
  23. Improve
  24. Ask
  25. Improve
  26. Plan
  27. True
  28. False
  29. build the model
  30. True
  31. Ask
  32. Imagine
  33. Ask
  34. follow the plan to build
  35. False
  36. find the limits
  37. ask who will use it
  38. Test
  39. Imagine
  40. Imagine

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