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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 148 · 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) pick the build order (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) list the materials
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) follow the plan to build (d) build the model
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  8. 8.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  11. 11.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) ask who will use it
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  15. 15.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) try it out
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  22. 22.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  29. 29.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  31. 31.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) pick the build order
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create

Answer key

  1. think of wild ideas
  2. check it against goals
  3. try it out
  4. Imagine
  5. Test
  6. Ask
  7. Improve
  8. True
  9. Ask
  10. Plan
  11. False
  12. measure its performance
  13. Plan
  14. Improve
  15. True
  16. fix the weak part
  17. Test
  18. Imagine
  19. False
  20. no, it repeats
  21. brainstorm many ideas
  22. False
  23. True
  24. True
  25. True
  26. Ask
  27. draw a labelled diagram
  28. pick the build order
  29. Improve
  30. list the materials
  31. True
  32. Plan
  33. ask who will use it
  34. Imagine
  35. find the limits
  36. Test
  37. Ask
  38. True
  39. Plan
  40. Create

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