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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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