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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 68 · 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) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  6. 6.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  13. 13.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) think of wild ideas (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  19. 19.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  29. 29.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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