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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 708 · 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 draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) build the model
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  8. 8.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 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
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) redesign after testing (d) fix the weak part
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  33. 33.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  35. 35.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. False
  3. Imagine
  4. build the model
  5. Ask
  6. Plan
  7. fix the weak part
  8. False
  9. Imagine
  10. Improve
  11. Ask
  12. Create
  13. Ask
  14. Ask
  15. no, it repeats
  16. Plan
  17. Improve
  18. brainstorm many ideas
  19. Ask
  20. check it against goals
  21. Imagine
  22. Test
  23. draw a labelled diagram
  24. Improve
  25. False
  26. True
  27. True
  28. True
  29. False
  30. ask who will use it
  31. Create
  32. Plan
  33. True
  34. find the limits
  35. False
  36. Ask
  37. Test
  38. False
  39. Plan
  40. Imagine

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