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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 783 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  2. 2.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  4. 4.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) build the model
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) redesign after testing
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  31. 31.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) make it better, retest (c) list the materials (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram

Answer key

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

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