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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 699 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  12. 12.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) redesign after testing
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. True
  3. False
  4. False
  5. Create
  6. Ask
  7. Ask
  8. Plan
  9. Test
  10. Imagine
  11. Improve
  12. True
  13. Imagine
  14. Imagine
  15. Imagine
  16. Create
  17. Imagine
  18. Imagine
  19. True
  20. ask who will use it
  21. Plan
  22. Ask
  23. Plan
  24. True
  25. Test
  26. Create
  27. False
  28. no, it repeats
  29. build the model
  30. make it better, retest
  31. Ask
  32. True
  33. Improve
  34. follow the plan to build
  35. Plan
  36. Ask
  37. make a prototype
  38. Plan
  39. find the limits
  40. Ask

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