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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 820 · 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 draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  4. 4.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  7. 7.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  22. 22.🔄 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
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  27. 27.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  30. 30.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  33. 33.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Test
  3. Ask
  4. False
  5. Improve
  6. Plan
  7. True
  8. Ask
  9. brainstorm many ideas
  10. Test
  11. Improve
  12. Improve
  13. Imagine
  14. Imagine
  15. Create
  16. False
  17. list the materials
  18. Plan
  19. Test
  20. Create
  21. follow the plan to build
  22. no, it repeats
  23. define the problem
  24. Imagine
  25. Imagine
  26. Plan
  27. False
  28. False
  29. ask who will use it
  30. Plan
  31. True
  32. build the model
  33. Ask
  34. Ask
  35. Test
  36. Imagine
  37. Imagine
  38. Imagine
  39. Ask
  40. Ask

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