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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 567 · 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) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) check it against goals
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) redesign after testing
  5. 5.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  7. 7.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) find the limits
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  13. 13.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) follow the plan to build
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  24. 24.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  31. 31.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) dream up possible fixes
  33. 33.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram

Answer key

  1. ask who will use it
  2. think of wild ideas
  3. Create
  4. redesign after testing
  5. True
  6. Ask
  7. False
  8. fix the weak part
  9. Plan
  10. Imagine
  11. Create
  12. find the limits
  13. no, it repeats
  14. Ask
  15. Ask
  16. Create
  17. Improve
  18. Ask
  19. False
  20. Create
  21. Improve
  22. list the materials
  23. Imagine
  24. False
  25. Ask
  26. build the model
  27. check it against goals
  28. Imagine
  29. Improve
  30. pick the build order
  31. True
  32. dream up possible fixes
  33. False
  34. try it out
  35. Imagine
  36. Test
  37. Create
  38. False
  39. Test
  40. follow the plan to build

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