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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 463 · 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 make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  4. 4.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  10. 10.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  13. 13.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  17. 17.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) build the model
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  33. 33.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Improve
  3. Ask
  4. True
  5. Ask
  6. Ask
  7. Plan
  8. Imagine
  9. redesign after testing
  10. False
  11. Imagine
  12. list the materials
  13. False
  14. Plan
  15. Create
  16. dream up possible fixes
  17. True
  18. define the problem
  19. Ask
  20. False
  21. Create
  22. False
  23. Test
  24. Test
  25. Ask
  26. Improve
  27. Imagine
  28. True
  29. Improve
  30. Imagine
  31. make a prototype
  32. ask who will use it
  33. True
  34. Create
  35. Improve
  36. no, it repeats
  37. fix the weak part
  38. Improve
  39. False
  40. Test

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