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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 478 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  3. 3.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) fix the weak part
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  26. 26.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 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
  28. 28.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  33. 33.True or false: to find the limits 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.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) give up
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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