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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 156 · 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) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) redesign after testing
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) brainstorm many ideas
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  21. 21.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  30. 30.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits

Answer key

  1. list the materials
  2. check it against goals
  3. Ask
  4. Ask
  5. brainstorm many ideas
  6. define the problem
  7. Ask
  8. Improve
  9. Imagine
  10. try it out
  11. Plan
  12. Ask
  13. Improve
  14. Ask
  15. False
  16. Improve
  17. Ask
  18. Create
  19. Improve
  20. Ask
  21. True
  22. no, it repeats
  23. redesign after testing
  24. Create
  25. Ask
  26. False
  27. True
  28. Ask
  29. Improve
  30. False
  31. False
  32. Test
  33. Imagine
  34. Test
  35. True
  36. True
  37. Imagine
  38. False
  39. Imagine
  40. find the limits

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