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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 634 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) build the model (c) make a prototype (d) list the materials
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  14. 14.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  18. 18.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) measure its performance
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  22. 22.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  25. 25.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  27. 27.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  30. 30.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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