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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 233 · 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) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  9. 9.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) think of wild ideas (d) list the materials
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  21. 21.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) check it against goals
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make a prototype
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) brainstorm many ideas
  34. 34.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. False
  3. Improve
  4. think of wild ideas
  5. Imagine
  6. try it out
  7. Ask
  8. Ask
  9. True
  10. list the materials
  11. Ask
  12. dream up possible fixes
  13. Plan
  14. False
  15. True
  16. Improve
  17. no, it repeats
  18. Imagine
  19. Create
  20. redesign after testing
  21. False
  22. Plan
  23. Plan
  24. Test
  25. Improve
  26. follow the plan to build
  27. Plan
  28. Improve
  29. Test
  30. Ask
  31. check it against goals
  32. make a prototype
  33. brainstorm many ideas
  34. True
  35. Imagine
  36. Imagine
  37. Imagine
  38. Ask
  39. Test
  40. Ask

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