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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 298 · 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.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) find the limits
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) redesign after testing
  28. 28.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  34. 34.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Test
  3. True
  4. no, it repeats
  5. Improve
  6. ask who will use it
  7. make it better, retest
  8. Improve
  9. Improve
  10. brainstorm many ideas
  11. Test
  12. Create
  13. redesign after testing
  14. Plan
  15. Ask
  16. False
  17. measure its performance
  18. check it against goals
  19. Ask
  20. False
  21. Plan
  22. Improve
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Improve
  26. Ask
  27. draw a labelled diagram
  28. True
  29. Plan
  30. True
  31. False
  32. False
  33. Imagine
  34. Ask
  35. Test
  36. find the limits
  37. Create
  38. False
  39. Plan
  40. Ask

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