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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 875 · 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) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  8. 8.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) fix the weak part (d) measure its performance
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  14. 14.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  23. 23.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) build the model
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  33. 33.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 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
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve

Answer key

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

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