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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 129 · 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) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  11. 11.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) build the model (d) redesign after testing
  15. 15.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make a prototype
  20. 20.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  29. 29.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 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
  33. 33.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  39. 39.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan

Answer key

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

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