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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 69 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  2. 2.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  6. 6.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) check it against goals
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  23. 23.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  27. 27.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  29. 29.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  30. 30.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  34. 34.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create

Answer key

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

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