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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 826 · 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 Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) fix the weak part
  2. 2.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  13. 13.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  37. 37.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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