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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 229 · 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 brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  20. 20.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  22. 22.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  30. 30.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  33. 33.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. Improve
  3. Test
  4. Improve
  5. ask who will use it
  6. Imagine
  7. measure its performance
  8. Improve
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. Imagine
  12. define the problem
  13. Ask
  14. Plan
  15. Improve
  16. Improve
  17. Ask
  18. False
  19. make a prototype
  20. True
  21. no, it repeats
  22. True
  23. build the model
  24. Create
  25. think of wild ideas
  26. True
  27. try it out
  28. Ask
  29. follow the plan to build
  30. False
  31. True
  32. make it better, retest
  33. True
  34. fix the weak part
  35. check it against goals
  36. draw a labelled diagram
  37. Test
  38. Plan
  39. Create
  40. True

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