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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 725 · 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.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  9. 9.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  11. 11.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) follow the plan to build
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  22. 22.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  28. 28.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  33. 33.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) find the limits
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest

Answer key

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

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