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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 656 · 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 make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) redesign after testing (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  15. 15.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  20. 20.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  21. 21.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) measure its performance (d) find the limits
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  29. 29.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  35. 35.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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