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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 667 · 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.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) give up
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  5. 5.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  11. 11.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) dream up possible fixes
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  25. 25.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  29. 29.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) brainstorm many ideas
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  33. 33.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) build the model

Answer key

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

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