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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 72 · 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 Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  4. 4.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  11. 11.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  18. 18.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  20. 20.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  24. 24.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  26. 26.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  37. 37.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make a prototype
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. measure its performance
  2. list the materials
  3. dream up possible fixes
  4. False
  5. Ask
  6. make a prototype
  7. Ask
  8. try it out
  9. Improve
  10. Create
  11. True
  12. Plan
  13. make it better, retest
  14. Improve
  15. brainstorm many ideas
  16. Create
  17. no, it repeats
  18. True
  19. Test
  20. Plan
  21. Ask
  22. Improve
  23. Ask
  24. False
  25. Ask
  26. True
  27. Imagine
  28. True
  29. think of wild ideas
  30. Imagine
  31. True
  32. define the problem
  33. Ask
  34. False
  35. Ask
  36. Plan
  37. False
  38. redesign after testing
  39. Plan
  40. Imagine

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