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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 980 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  4. 4.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  8. 8.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  37. 37.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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