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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 522 · 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 Create step? (a) find the limits (b) define the problem (c) try it out (d) build the model
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  9. 9.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) brainstorm many ideas
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) list the materials
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  24. 24.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  26. 26.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) list the materials (d) draw a labelled diagram
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) try it out (d) measure its performance

Answer key

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

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