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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 336 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  5. 5.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  23. 23.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) ask who will use it
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  28. 28.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model

Answer key

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

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