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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 116 · 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.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  7. 7.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  18. 18.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) ask who will use it (c) make it better, retest (d) follow the plan to build
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  23. 23.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  31. 31.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  34. 34.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) try it out
  37. 37.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Improve
  3. fix the weak part
  4. Plan
  5. Ask
  6. pick the build order
  7. False
  8. Ask
  9. Create
  10. no, it repeats
  11. ask who will use it
  12. Improve
  13. Create
  14. False
  15. Plan
  16. Imagine
  17. make a prototype
  18. True
  19. think of wild ideas
  20. Test
  21. follow the plan to build
  22. Ask
  23. True
  24. list the materials
  25. Ask
  26. Test
  27. Create
  28. Plan
  29. draw a labelled diagram
  30. check it against goals
  31. Ask
  32. Create
  33. build the model
  34. False
  35. Imagine
  36. try it out
  37. Improve
  38. Test
  39. False
  40. Plan

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