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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 833 · 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 check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) build the model (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  18. 18.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  19. 19.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  23. 23.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  26. 26.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  31. 31.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  36. 36.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  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 fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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