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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 523 · 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 design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) dream up possible fixes (d) ask who will use it
  4. 4.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  8. 8.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  10. 10.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  21. 21.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  31. 31.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  33. 33.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  39. 39.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part

Answer key

  1. Test
  2. Improve
  3. ask who will use it
  4. False
  5. True
  6. Improve
  7. no, it repeats
  8. False
  9. Ask
  10. True
  11. Improve
  12. Plan
  13. Ask
  14. True
  15. Imagine
  16. Plan
  17. Ask
  18. try it out
  19. Imagine
  20. pick the build order
  21. False
  22. Ask
  23. Ask
  24. redesign after testing
  25. Plan
  26. Create
  27. Ask
  28. Create
  29. Imagine
  30. draw a labelled diagram
  31. False
  32. brainstorm many ideas
  33. True
  34. Ask
  35. Create
  36. False
  37. Improve
  38. Ask
  39. Improve
  40. build the model

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