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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 385 · 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 of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 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
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  28. 28.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  37. 37.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. make it better, retest
  2. Plan
  3. make a prototype
  4. Plan
  5. Create
  6. Ask
  7. True
  8. list the materials
  9. Improve
  10. no, it repeats
  11. Improve
  12. Imagine
  13. follow the plan to build
  14. Create
  15. Ask
  16. Imagine
  17. Improve
  18. Test
  19. False
  20. Create
  21. Imagine
  22. Test
  23. Plan
  24. False
  25. Imagine
  26. Imagine
  27. Imagine
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Plan
  31. brainstorm many ideas
  32. False
  33. True
  34. Ask
  35. ask who will use it
  36. Plan
  37. False
  38. find the limits
  39. pick the build order
  40. Plan

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