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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 538 · 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 Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 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
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  11. 11.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) find the limits
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  17. 17.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  25. 25.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test

Answer key

  1. define the problem
  2. Improve
  3. Improve
  4. Imagine
  5. no, it repeats
  6. Plan
  7. Imagine
  8. Test
  9. Imagine
  10. Create
  11. False
  12. Plan
  13. Ask
  14. Imagine
  15. make a prototype
  16. Test
  17. False
  18. Improve
  19. Plan
  20. Plan
  21. Ask
  22. redesign after testing
  23. build the model
  24. brainstorm many ideas
  25. Ask
  26. Imagine
  27. Plan
  28. False
  29. Plan
  30. Ask
  31. True
  32. False
  33. list the materials
  34. Improve
  35. Plan
  36. Create
  37. Test
  38. True
  39. Imagine
  40. Ask

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