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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 360 · 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 follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  3. 3.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  7. 7.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  14. 14.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) follow the plan to build (c) check it against goals (d) make it better, retest
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) follow the plan to build
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) measure its performance (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  39. 39.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. try it out
  3. True
  4. Improve
  5. Plan
  6. Imagine
  7. False
  8. True
  9. False
  10. Ask
  11. Ask
  12. Create
  13. draw a labelled diagram
  14. False
  15. Improve
  16. Create
  17. redesign after testing
  18. Improve
  19. True
  20. Plan
  21. make it better, retest
  22. Imagine
  23. brainstorm many ideas
  24. ask who will use it
  25. find the limits
  26. Test
  27. Imagine
  28. True
  29. Plan
  30. Create
  31. Improve
  32. False
  33. Imagine
  34. list the materials
  35. Test
  36. Plan
  37. False
  38. Ask
  39. no, it repeats
  40. think of wild ideas

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