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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 774 · 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: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) list the materials
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) check it against goals (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  26. 26.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  33. 33.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  36. 36.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test

Answer key

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

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