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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 695 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) measure its performance (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  12. 12.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  15. 15.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  16. 16.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  21. 21.🔄 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
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) measure its performance (d) find the limits
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) think of wild ideas

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. list the materials
  3. Ask
  4. Improve
  5. redesign after testing
  6. Test
  7. Create
  8. think of wild ideas
  9. Plan
  10. pick the build order
  11. build the model
  12. False
  13. False
  14. check it against goals
  15. Improve
  16. False
  17. True
  18. Ask
  19. True
  20. brainstorm many ideas
  21. no, it repeats
  22. Imagine
  23. Imagine
  24. Ask
  25. False
  26. fix the weak part
  27. Create
  28. True
  29. True
  30. Improve
  31. make it better, retest
  32. Create
  33. Plan
  34. Imagine
  35. Test
  36. Improve
  37. Plan
  38. False
  39. find the limits
  40. follow the plan to build

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