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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 583 · 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 Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  8. 8.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  10. 10.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  15. 15.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  17. 17.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) build the model (d) try it out
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 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
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  29. 29.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create

Answer key

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

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