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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 87 · 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 Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  5. 5.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  7. 7.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  19. 19.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  25. 25.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  40. 40.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. draw a labelled diagram
  2. Improve
  3. Improve
  4. Test
  5. False
  6. Test
  7. True
  8. Test
  9. Improve
  10. Improve
  11. Plan
  12. Imagine
  13. Ask
  14. measure its performance
  15. Ask
  16. Ask
  17. make a prototype
  18. build the model
  19. True
  20. Ask
  21. Plan
  22. list the materials
  23. define the problem
  24. redesign after testing
  25. False
  26. False
  27. Create
  28. Test
  29. Create
  30. False
  31. Create
  32. Improve
  33. try it out
  34. Imagine
  35. Plan
  36. brainstorm many ideas
  37. Test
  38. Create
  39. find the limits
  40. False

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