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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 102 · 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 Plan step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) fix the weak part
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) list the materials
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  12. 12.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  16. 16.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  20. 20.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  34. 34.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest

Answer key

  1. pick the build order
  2. Improve
  3. Ask
  4. check it against goals
  5. Test
  6. Ask
  7. Plan
  8. make it better, retest
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. Test
  12. False
  13. ask who will use it
  14. Improve
  15. Test
  16. False
  17. True
  18. Plan
  19. brainstorm many ideas
  20. Plan
  21. Imagine
  22. Ask
  23. Plan
  24. Improve
  25. True
  26. Imagine
  27. measure its performance
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. Plan
  32. Plan
  33. try it out
  34. False
  35. dream up possible fixes
  36. Plan
  37. Ask
  38. Plan
  39. fix the weak part
  40. make a prototype

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