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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 181 · 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 Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) redesign after testing (d) fix the weak part
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) ask who will use it
  5. 5.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  8. 8.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  18. 18.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  19. 19.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  23. 23.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) think of wild ideas
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  33. 33.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  37. 37.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. ask who will use it
  2. Plan
  3. False
  4. brainstorm many ideas
  5. False
  6. Test
  7. Imagine
  8. True
  9. Test
  10. Ask
  11. Create
  12. Imagine
  13. list the materials
  14. Improve
  15. Plan
  16. Improve
  17. Plan
  18. no, it repeats
  19. Plan
  20. Test
  21. Ask
  22. make it better, retest
  23. True
  24. Ask
  25. think of wild ideas
  26. Ask
  27. Create
  28. Improve
  29. Ask
  30. Ask
  31. Ask
  32. check it against goals
  33. False
  34. Imagine
  35. False
  36. Plan
  37. True
  38. Improve
  39. Imagine
  40. Imagine

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