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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 888 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  30. 30.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  33. 33.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) try it out (d) think of wild ideas

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. Improve
  3. Ask
  4. make a prototype
  5. Imagine
  6. Plan
  7. define the problem
  8. Ask
  9. Test
  10. Ask
  11. check it against goals
  12. Create
  13. Ask
  14. Ask
  15. True
  16. False
  17. Imagine
  18. Create
  19. no, it repeats
  20. Improve
  21. build the model
  22. Create
  23. Improve
  24. find the limits
  25. Test
  26. Improve
  27. ask who will use it
  28. False
  29. try it out
  30. False
  31. Ask
  32. Ask
  33. True
  34. Ask
  35. measure its performance
  36. True
  37. False
  38. Improve
  39. fix the weak part
  40. think of wild ideas

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