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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 701 · 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 of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) measure its performance
  2. 2.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  7. 7.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) find the limits (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  14. 14.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  21. 21.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  23. 23.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  36. 36.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing

Answer key

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

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