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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 537 · 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 find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) pick the build order
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  11. 11.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) build the model
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  17. 17.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  21. 21.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) check it against goals
  23. 23.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  27. 27.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) build the model
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  31. 31.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  40. 40.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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