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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 910 · 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.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) think of wild ideas
  15. 15.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  18. 18.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) measure its performance
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test

Answer key

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

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