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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 399 · 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) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  4. 4.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) ask who will use it (d) find the limits
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  27. 27.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) follow the plan to build
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. False
  3. check it against goals
  4. True
  5. follow the plan to build
  6. Imagine
  7. Imagine
  8. Ask
  9. True
  10. True
  11. Test
  12. fix the weak part
  13. Improve
  14. find the limits
  15. Improve
  16. Plan
  17. Improve
  18. Imagine
  19. False
  20. think of wild ideas
  21. Ask
  22. Imagine
  23. Ask
  24. Ask
  25. redesign after testing
  26. Create
  27. no, it repeats
  28. pick the build order
  29. Ask
  30. Test
  31. Improve
  32. Create
  33. False
  34. True
  35. brainstorm many ideas
  36. True
  37. Imagine
  38. make it better, retest
  39. Imagine
  40. Plan

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