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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 109 · 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) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  2. 2.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) think of wild ideas (d) brainstorm many ideas
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  10. 10.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) ask who will use it
  18. 18.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) dream up possible fixes
  20. 20.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  24. 24.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) brainstorm many ideas
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) pick the build order
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  34. 34.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  39. 39.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask

Answer key

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

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