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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 880 · 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 find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) find the limits
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  20. 20.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  23. 23.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  27. 27.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  32. 32.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  35. 35.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  39. 39.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. make a prototype
  3. Improve
  4. find the limits
  5. ask who will use it
  6. Imagine
  7. Ask
  8. True
  9. Improve
  10. Ask
  11. Imagine
  12. True
  13. Improve
  14. build the model
  15. Improve
  16. follow the plan to build
  17. Ask
  18. False
  19. Ask
  20. True
  21. make it better, retest
  22. define the problem
  23. False
  24. Plan
  25. False
  26. no, it repeats
  27. True
  28. Plan
  29. Imagine
  30. False
  31. fix the weak part
  32. False
  33. Test
  34. draw a labelled diagram
  35. False
  36. Improve
  37. brainstorm many ideas
  38. Plan
  39. False
  40. Test

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