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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 862 · 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.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  11. 11.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  15. 15.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  22. 22.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  24. 24.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) follow the plan to build
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  32. 32.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  39. 39.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Create
  3. Create
  4. measure its performance
  5. Imagine
  6. try it out
  7. Imagine
  8. ask who will use it
  9. Ask
  10. Improve
  11. True
  12. Imagine
  13. True
  14. Improve
  15. True
  16. Ask
  17. True
  18. redesign after testing
  19. Test
  20. Improve
  21. check it against goals
  22. False
  23. Ask
  24. False
  25. Test
  26. Plan
  27. fix the weak part
  28. Plan
  29. Imagine
  30. Improve
  31. define the problem
  32. False
  33. make it better, retest
  34. Create
  35. Test
  36. Ask
  37. list the materials
  38. Plan
  39. no, it repeats
  40. Test

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