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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 8 · 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 of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  8. 8.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  27. 27.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  31. 31.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test

Answer key

  1. follow the plan to build
  2. draw a labelled diagram
  3. Improve
  4. Plan
  5. no, it repeats
  6. Plan
  7. Ask
  8. True
  9. pick the build order
  10. Improve
  11. Imagine
  12. Ask
  13. Plan
  14. brainstorm many ideas
  15. think of wild ideas
  16. check it against goals
  17. list the materials
  18. Plan
  19. Imagine
  20. False
  21. Improve
  22. Create
  23. Plan
  24. Improve
  25. Test
  26. fix the weak part
  27. False
  28. find the limits
  29. Imagine
  30. Plan
  31. False
  32. True
  33. Test
  34. True
  35. measure its performance
  36. Ask
  37. define the problem
  38. True
  39. Ask
  40. Test

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