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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 121 · 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 FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make a prototype
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  19. 19.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  22. 22.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  29. 29.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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