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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 787 · 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 make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  4. 4.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  13. 13.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) ask who will use it
  15. 15.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  17. 17.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  22. 22.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  26. 26.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  29. 29.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. True
  2. think of wild ideas
  3. Ask
  4. True
  5. make it better, retest
  6. Ask
  7. Imagine
  8. Improve
  9. Ask
  10. Test
  11. Improve
  12. Ask
  13. True
  14. build the model
  15. False
  16. Improve
  17. True
  18. Imagine
  19. ask who will use it
  20. Plan
  21. Imagine
  22. False
  23. Create
  24. Ask
  25. no, it repeats
  26. True
  27. False
  28. Test
  29. False
  30. find the limits
  31. Improve
  32. Ask
  33. Imagine
  34. False
  35. Improve
  36. Create
  37. Create
  38. Create
  39. True
  40. Plan

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