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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 871 · 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) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  2. 2.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  4. 4.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  11. 11.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) brainstorm many ideas
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  29. 29.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  36. 36.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. no, it repeats
  2. True
  3. Imagine
  4. False
  5. False
  6. True
  7. Create
  8. Ask
  9. dream up possible fixes
  10. Improve
  11. False
  12. brainstorm many ideas
  13. define the problem
  14. measure its performance
  15. Plan
  16. Create
  17. Imagine
  18. Test
  19. Improve
  20. try it out
  21. Imagine
  22. Create
  23. follow the plan to build
  24. make it better, retest
  25. Ask
  26. Imagine
  27. Ask
  28. Improve
  29. True
  30. False
  31. False
  32. Plan
  33. Test
  34. Ask
  35. Plan
  36. Plan
  37. build the model
  38. Create
  39. False
  40. Ask

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