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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 403 · 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.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  3. 3.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) try it out (d) brainstorm many ideas
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  27. 27.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  32. 32.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) measure its performance
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Plan
  3. True
  4. True
  5. ask who will use it
  6. fix the weak part
  7. Plan
  8. Imagine
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. Improve
  12. Ask
  13. build the model
  14. Plan
  15. False
  16. Improve
  17. no, it repeats
  18. Test
  19. brainstorm many ideas
  20. Plan
  21. measure its performance
  22. Ask
  23. Imagine
  24. Improve
  25. True
  26. redesign after testing
  27. True
  28. False
  29. Imagine
  30. Ask
  31. try it out
  32. False
  33. follow the plan to build
  34. Plan
  35. think of wild ideas
  36. Test
  37. Plan
  38. Test
  39. find the limits
  40. Test

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