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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 446 · 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, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) follow the plan to build (d) check it against goals
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  12. 12.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) measure its performance (c) check it against goals (d) follow the plan to build
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  33. 33.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  35. 35.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  36. 36.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test

Answer key

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

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