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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 989 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  11. 11.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  21. 21.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  27. 27.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  29. 29.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) check it against goals (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Ask
  3. True
  4. Test
  5. Improve
  6. Plan
  7. draw a labelled diagram
  8. Improve
  9. Ask
  10. Test
  11. False
  12. Test
  13. Imagine
  14. Create
  15. Plan
  16. Imagine
  17. Test
  18. Plan
  19. Ask
  20. pick the build order
  21. False
  22. no, it repeats
  23. ask who will use it
  24. Ask
  25. Ask
  26. Imagine
  27. False
  28. Improve
  29. False
  30. Ask
  31. Improve
  32. Ask
  33. Ask
  34. False
  35. try it out
  36. dream up possible fixes
  37. brainstorm many ideas
  38. Imagine
  39. fix the weak part
  40. Create

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