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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 999 · 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) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  2. 2.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  5. 5.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make a prototype
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) fix the weak part
  29. 29.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) measure its performance (c) try it out (d) brainstorm many ideas
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  36. 36.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) find the limits

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. True
  3. Improve
  4. Imagine
  5. False
  6. Improve
  7. dream up possible fixes
  8. Ask
  9. Test
  10. Improve
  11. follow the plan to build
  12. fix the weak part
  13. Ask
  14. Improve
  15. Plan
  16. Create
  17. Imagine
  18. False
  19. Imagine
  20. Ask
  21. Create
  22. True
  23. Imagine
  24. think of wild ideas
  25. define the problem
  26. Improve
  27. build the model
  28. try it out
  29. True
  30. Create
  31. brainstorm many ideas
  32. Create
  33. no, it repeats
  34. Ask
  35. Create
  36. False
  37. ask who will use it
  38. Imagine
  39. Improve
  40. find the limits

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