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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 152 · 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 Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) try it out
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  4. 4.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  6. 6.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) make it better, retest
  14. 14.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  15. 15.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits
  19. 19.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  25. 25.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) pick the build order
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  36. 36.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. build the model
  2. Ask
  3. redesign after testing
  4. False
  5. Plan
  6. True
  7. Improve
  8. Create
  9. make it better, retest
  10. Create
  11. Ask
  12. Create
  13. measure its performance
  14. no, it repeats
  15. True
  16. Ask
  17. think of wild ideas
  18. find the limits
  19. Improve
  20. False
  21. Plan
  22. Imagine
  23. Imagine
  24. Test
  25. Ask
  26. pick the build order
  27. ask who will use it
  28. define the problem
  29. Plan
  30. Create
  31. False
  32. Improve
  33. Plan
  34. Improve
  35. brainstorm many ideas
  36. True
  37. True
  38. Ask
  39. True
  40. True

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