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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 165 · 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) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  4. 4.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  8. 8.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  15. 15.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) make a prototype (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  17. 17.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) follow the plan to build
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  31. 31.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) think of wild ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  38. 38.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test

Answer key

  1. draw a labelled diagram
  2. Imagine
  3. dream up possible fixes
  4. False
  5. Plan
  6. Improve
  7. find the limits
  8. False
  9. Improve
  10. True
  11. Ask
  12. Create
  13. think of wild ideas
  14. fix the weak part
  15. Improve
  16. list the materials
  17. False
  18. Plan
  19. pick the build order
  20. Test
  21. Ask
  22. Plan
  23. Create
  24. Plan
  25. follow the plan to build
  26. check it against goals
  27. Plan
  28. False
  29. Ask
  30. define the problem
  31. False
  32. True
  33. False
  34. False
  35. Ask
  36. Imagine
  37. build the model
  38. False
  39. Test
  40. Test

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