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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 955 · 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, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) ask who will use it
  12. 12.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  27. 27.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  29. 29.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  31. 31.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  33. 33.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) make a prototype (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) make a prototype
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create

Answer key

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

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