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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 613 · 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.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  5. 5.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) fix the weak part
  9. 9.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) measure its performance (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) make a prototype
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) make a prototype
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  23. 23.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) check it against goals
  34. 34.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  36. 36.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Improve
  3. True
  4. Imagine
  5. False
  6. False
  7. Plan
  8. try it out
  9. True
  10. Plan
  11. Ask
  12. Ask
  13. Improve
  14. draw a labelled diagram
  15. make a prototype
  16. Imagine
  17. no, it repeats
  18. think of wild ideas
  19. Ask
  20. redesign after testing
  21. Imagine
  22. find the limits
  23. False
  24. Improve
  25. Ask
  26. Create
  27. Ask
  28. Imagine
  29. Test
  30. Test
  31. define the problem
  32. Improve
  33. check it against goals
  34. Ask
  35. dream up possible fixes
  36. False
  37. False
  38. make it better, retest
  39. Create
  40. Test

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