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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 903 · 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) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  2. 2.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) ask who will use it (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  7. 7.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  15. 15.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  18. 18.🔄 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
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) make it better, retest
  22. 22.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  36. 36.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine

Answer key

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

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