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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 992 · 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 Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  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, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  7. 7.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  14. 14.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  21. 21.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  26. 26.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  35. 35.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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