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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 323 · 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 redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) pick the build order (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  10. 10.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) check it against goals
  16. 16.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) give up
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  26. 26.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) build the model
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. fix the weak part
  3. Ask
  4. find the limits
  5. Imagine
  6. pick the build order
  7. Ask
  8. Create
  9. dream up possible fixes
  10. True
  11. draw a labelled diagram
  12. Create
  13. Plan
  14. False
  15. define the problem
  16. True
  17. Imagine
  18. Ask
  19. Create
  20. Improve
  21. Test
  22. list the materials
  23. Plan
  24. no, it repeats
  25. Improve
  26. False
  27. Create
  28. Ask
  29. Ask
  30. Ask
  31. Create
  32. False
  33. False
  34. Create
  35. Ask
  36. Imagine
  37. try it out
  38. Improve
  39. Test
  40. follow the plan to build

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