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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 144 · 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 fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  17. 17.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  26. 26.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  28. 28.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  32. 32.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. True
  2. make it better, retest
  3. Improve
  4. build the model
  5. Ask
  6. Ask
  7. Ask
  8. Plan
  9. Ask
  10. Improve
  11. Improve
  12. False
  13. draw a labelled diagram
  14. Plan
  15. Create
  16. Imagine
  17. False
  18. Imagine
  19. find the limits
  20. Plan
  21. Improve
  22. Test
  23. Test
  24. Imagine
  25. Ask
  26. False
  27. Plan
  28. False
  29. Imagine
  30. Create
  31. think of wild ideas
  32. False
  33. Plan
  34. Create
  35. Test
  36. redesign after testing
  37. Improve
  38. no, it repeats
  39. Ask
  40. Imagine

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