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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 327 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) dream up possible fixes
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  24. 24.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  30. 30.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) measure its performance
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  35. 35.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  36. 36.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine

Answer key

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

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