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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 140 · 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 try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  6. 6.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) list the materials
  14. 14.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  23. 23.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  39. 39.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Create
  3. Improve
  4. False
  5. Imagine
  6. False
  7. Improve
  8. Test
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. think of wild ideas
  12. Improve
  13. follow the plan to build
  14. True
  15. Imagine
  16. make a prototype
  17. Improve
  18. True
  19. Create
  20. Improve
  21. Ask
  22. Create
  23. False
  24. False
  25. try it out
  26. Plan
  27. Ask
  28. Test
  29. Imagine
  30. Plan
  31. find the limits
  32. dream up possible fixes
  33. Imagine
  34. no, it repeats
  35. Plan
  36. Create
  37. True
  38. check it against goals
  39. True
  40. Create

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