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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 642 · 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, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) try it out (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  13. 13.🔄 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
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  17. 17.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  19. 19.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  33. 33.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  36. 36.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest
  39. 39.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. try it out
  3. make a prototype
  4. brainstorm many ideas
  5. define the problem
  6. ask who will use it
  7. Plan
  8. Ask
  9. True
  10. False
  11. Test
  12. Ask
  13. no, it repeats
  14. Imagine
  15. Create
  16. Improve
  17. False
  18. Ask
  19. False
  20. True
  21. Create
  22. check it against goals
  23. Improve
  24. Test
  25. True
  26. Create
  27. build the model
  28. Plan
  29. True
  30. True
  31. Test
  32. dream up possible fixes
  33. False
  34. Test
  35. Plan
  36. False
  37. True
  38. pick the build order
  39. True
  40. False

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