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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 293 · 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 Plan step? (a) build the model (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  2. 2.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  6. 6.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) check it against goals
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) find the limits
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) measure its performance
  25. 25.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask

Answer key

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

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