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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 993 · 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 design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  5. 5.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  7. 7.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  32. 32.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  35. 35.🔄 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
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  37. 37.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  40. 40.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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