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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 665 · 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 LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  4. 4.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  6. 6.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  8. 8.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  12. 12.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) try it out
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  23. 23.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  27. 27.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  29. 29.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  35. 35.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  37. 37.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Improve
  3. define the problem
  4. False
  5. pick the build order
  6. False
  7. Plan
  8. True
  9. Ask
  10. Plan
  11. measure its performance
  12. True
  13. Imagine
  14. False
  15. redesign after testing
  16. Create
  17. brainstorm many ideas
  18. Improve
  19. Plan
  20. Imagine
  21. Test
  22. Ask
  23. False
  24. Ask
  25. Improve
  26. find the limits
  27. False
  28. try it out
  29. True
  30. no, it repeats
  31. Ask
  32. Imagine
  33. Test
  34. Test
  35. True
  36. build the model
  37. False
  38. True
  39. follow the plan to build
  40. draw a labelled diagram

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