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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 721 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  6. 6.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  8. 8.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  15. 15.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  21. 21.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  38. 38.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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