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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 413 · 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) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  3. 3.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 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
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  11. 11.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) brainstorm many ideas
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) list the materials
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  33. 33.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Ask
  3. True
  4. Improve
  5. fix the weak part
  6. list the materials
  7. Plan
  8. no, it repeats
  9. Plan
  10. Imagine
  11. False
  12. Imagine
  13. make it better, retest
  14. Test
  15. find the limits
  16. Ask
  17. Improve
  18. Plan
  19. Imagine
  20. False
  21. build the model
  22. make a prototype
  23. Ask
  24. Improve
  25. draw a labelled diagram
  26. define the problem
  27. Ask
  28. redesign after testing
  29. Improve
  30. True
  31. brainstorm many ideas
  32. pick the build order
  33. True
  34. True
  35. False
  36. Ask
  37. Test
  38. True
  39. Test
  40. Imagine

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