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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 983 · 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.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  7. 7.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) dream up possible fixes
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  30. 30.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  37. 37.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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