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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 542 · 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 Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 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
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  11. 11.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  19. 19.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) redesign after testing (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) check it against goals (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) measure its performance (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  35. 35.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) ask who will use it
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan

Answer key

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

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