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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 988 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  5. 5.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  14. 14.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  16. 16.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) try it out
  24. 24.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  30. 30.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  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) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan

Answer key

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

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