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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 404 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  7. 7.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) build the model
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  25. 25.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  37. 37.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Imagine
  3. Improve
  4. make a prototype
  5. Plan
  6. measure its performance
  7. True
  8. ask who will use it
  9. True
  10. Imagine
  11. Improve
  12. Imagine
  13. Ask
  14. False
  15. False
  16. True
  17. Ask
  18. Create
  19. think of wild ideas
  20. Ask
  21. Imagine
  22. Plan
  23. Ask
  24. check it against goals
  25. True
  26. Test
  27. Ask
  28. True
  29. Imagine
  30. find the limits
  31. Create
  32. Plan
  33. Ask
  34. Ask
  35. Test
  36. Create
  37. no, it repeats
  38. Ask
  39. Improve
  40. dream up possible fixes

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