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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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