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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 918 · 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 dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  16. 16.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  23. 23.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) make it better, retest (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  33. 33.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) draw a labelled diagram
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  39. 39.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) dream up possible fixes

Answer key

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

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