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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 759 · 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) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  20. 20.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) think of wild ideas
  25. 25.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  40. 40.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. fix the weak part
  3. Ask
  4. no, it repeats
  5. Improve
  6. Improve
  7. Create
  8. Create
  9. Plan
  10. dream up possible fixes
  11. Imagine
  12. True
  13. Improve
  14. Ask
  15. Ask
  16. Ask
  17. Test
  18. True
  19. build the model
  20. True
  21. Imagine
  22. Test
  23. Create
  24. try it out
  25. False
  26. Ask
  27. Imagine
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Plan
  31. Ask
  32. Imagine
  33. Create
  34. True
  35. Imagine
  36. list the materials
  37. Plan
  38. False
  39. ask who will use it
  40. False

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