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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 900 · 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 “Test”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  4. 4.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  18. 18.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) build the model (d) dream up possible fixes
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. brainstorm many ideas
  3. measure its performance
  4. True
  5. Plan
  6. Test
  7. Imagine
  8. Plan
  9. Improve
  10. Ask
  11. Ask
  12. Plan
  13. False
  14. list the materials
  15. Ask
  16. Improve
  17. no, it repeats
  18. True
  19. Ask
  20. Test
  21. Imagine
  22. Test
  23. True
  24. Ask
  25. Imagine
  26. Imagine
  27. draw a labelled diagram
  28. Improve
  29. pick the build order
  30. Imagine
  31. False
  32. Plan
  33. Create
  34. False
  35. Create
  36. build the model
  37. find the limits
  38. check it against goals
  39. define the problem
  40. Test

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