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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 320 · 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.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  20. 20.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  28. 28.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) find the limits
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) define the problem (d) ask who will use it
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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