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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 647 · 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 design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 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
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  11. 11.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  23. 23.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  25. 25.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) ask who will use it
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  34. 34.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  37. 37.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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