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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 174 · 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.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) try it out (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 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
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  13. 13.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) list the materials
  17. 17.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  20. 20.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) list the materials
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  24. 24.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) check it against goals
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  37. 37.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  40. 40.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. measure its performance
  2. draw a labelled diagram
  3. make it better, retest
  4. define the problem
  5. Imagine
  6. no, it repeats
  7. Create
  8. dream up possible fixes
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. Test
  12. Ask
  13. True
  14. Test
  15. Imagine
  16. make a prototype
  17. True
  18. Plan
  19. Imagine
  20. False
  21. list the materials
  22. fix the weak part
  23. Test
  24. True
  25. ask who will use it
  26. Ask
  27. Ask
  28. Imagine
  29. Ask
  30. False
  31. Ask
  32. Improve
  33. Improve
  34. Plan
  35. Improve
  36. brainstorm many ideas
  37. Plan
  38. Improve
  39. Improve
  40. False

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