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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 846 · 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.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) try it out
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) ask who will use it (d) find the limits
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  19. 19.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) list the materials
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  29. 29.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) check it against goals (d) make it better, retest
  31. 31.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  33. 33.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan

Answer key

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

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