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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 872 · 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 fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  5. 5.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) list the materials (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) list the materials
  21. 21.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make a prototype
  32. 32.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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