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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 361 · 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.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  3. 3.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) make a prototype
  19. 19.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) find the limits
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  35. 35.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) dream up possible fixes
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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