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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 307 · 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 Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  2. 2.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 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
  4. 4.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) follow the plan to build
  13. 13.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  18. 18.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  25. 25.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) define the problem
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  40. 40.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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