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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 968 · 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.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 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
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) find the limits
  10. 10.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) draw a labelled diagram
  13. 13.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  18. 18.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) follow the plan to build
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  21. 21.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  24. 24.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  31. 31.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) make it better, retest
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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