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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 742 · 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 comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  8. 8.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) try it out (c) follow the plan to build (d) list the materials
  13. 13.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) build the model (d) check it against goals
  16. 16.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  20. 20.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test

Answer key

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

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