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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 818 · 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 Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  5. 5.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  8. 8.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) follow the plan to build
  15. 15.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  17. 17.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) check it against goals
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) think of wild ideas (d) list the materials
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve

Answer key

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

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