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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 220 · 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 make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  5. 5.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) dream up possible fixes (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  18. 18.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) dream up possible fixes (d) brainstorm many ideas
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) make a prototype
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  30. 30.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  39. 39.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part

Answer key

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

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