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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 767 · 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 build the model is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  5. 5.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) brainstorm many ideas
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  24. 24.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) measure its performance (c) try it out (d) build the model
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  29. 29.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  39. 39.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. Improve
  4. Plan
  5. True
  6. make it better, retest
  7. Improve
  8. Create
  9. Ask
  10. fix the weak part
  11. Ask
  12. no, it repeats
  13. Create
  14. Ask
  15. Plan
  16. Create
  17. Imagine
  18. Create
  19. redesign after testing
  20. draw a labelled diagram
  21. Ask
  22. Create
  23. Improve
  24. True
  25. True
  26. Plan
  27. build the model
  28. think of wild ideas
  29. False
  30. Imagine
  31. Imagine
  32. Ask
  33. Plan
  34. False
  35. Improve
  36. make a prototype
  37. measure its performance
  38. Test
  39. Ask
  40. check it against goals

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