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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 338 · 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 list the materials? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  2. 2.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) brainstorm many ideas
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) list the materials (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  12. 12.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  25. 25.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  30. 30.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  37. 37.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. False
  3. Create
  4. make it better, retest
  5. Create
  6. Ask
  7. build the model
  8. dream up possible fixes
  9. Improve
  10. no, it repeats
  11. draw a labelled diagram
  12. Improve
  13. Plan
  14. True
  15. Create
  16. Imagine
  17. Ask
  18. Create
  19. Ask
  20. True
  21. False
  22. Plan
  23. False
  24. Improve
  25. False
  26. Plan
  27. False
  28. True
  29. Test
  30. False
  31. brainstorm many ideas
  32. Ask
  33. Ask
  34. Create
  35. measure its performance
  36. Ask
  37. True
  38. False
  39. Improve
  40. False

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