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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 975 · 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 Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) ask who will use it
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  10. 10.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  13. 13.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) check it against goals
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  33. 33.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) think of wild ideas (c) build the model (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Imagine
  3. Test
  4. no, it repeats
  5. Imagine
  6. Ask
  7. think of wild ideas
  8. Ask
  9. list the materials
  10. False
  11. Create
  12. Create
  13. True
  14. Create
  15. try it out
  16. Improve
  17. Create
  18. Plan
  19. False
  20. Ask
  21. Imagine
  22. Ask
  23. draw a labelled diagram
  24. follow the plan to build
  25. pick the build order
  26. Ask
  27. Improve
  28. Plan
  29. Test
  30. Plan
  31. True
  32. make it better, retest
  33. False
  34. False
  35. build the model
  36. Improve
  37. dream up possible fixes
  38. Ask
  39. Test
  40. make a prototype

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