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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 466 · 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.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) fix the weak part
  10. 10.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  22. 22.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  36. 36.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part

Answer key

  1. pick the build order
  2. Imagine
  3. Improve
  4. measure its performance
  5. False
  6. Imagine
  7. Ask
  8. define the problem
  9. list the materials
  10. False
  11. Plan
  12. Ask
  13. Test
  14. Test
  15. Plan
  16. Ask
  17. Plan
  18. Plan
  19. Improve
  20. Ask
  21. Ask
  22. False
  23. Improve
  24. Imagine
  25. Ask
  26. Plan
  27. no, it repeats
  28. Plan
  29. Plan
  30. Create
  31. Create
  32. Ask
  33. Imagine
  34. Create
  35. Ask
  36. False
  37. Ask
  38. Test
  39. True
  40. think of wild ideas

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