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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 744 · 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 FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  6. 6.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  26. 26.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  30. 30.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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