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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 219 · 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 design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  3. 3.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  12. 12.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  13. 13.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  16. 16.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  23. 23.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) fix the weak part
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  31. 31.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) measure its performance
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) measure its performance

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Create
  3. False
  4. Imagine
  5. Ask
  6. False
  7. Plan
  8. pick the build order
  9. Imagine
  10. Plan
  11. no, it repeats
  12. Improve
  13. True
  14. follow the plan to build
  15. draw a labelled diagram
  16. Ask
  17. find the limits
  18. Ask
  19. False
  20. False
  21. measure its performance
  22. redesign after testing
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Ask
  26. Ask
  27. Plan
  28. Improve
  29. fix the weak part
  30. Ask
  31. False
  32. Improve
  33. False
  34. Test
  35. define the problem
  36. Create
  37. True
  38. True
  39. Plan
  40. ask who will use it

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