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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 217 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  16. 16.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) find the limits
  23. 23.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  29. 29.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) check it against goals
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Improve
  3. Improve
  4. Create
  5. Imagine
  6. Ask
  7. dream up possible fixes
  8. Create
  9. measure its performance
  10. ask who will use it
  11. Ask
  12. False
  13. define the problem
  14. Ask
  15. follow the plan to build
  16. True
  17. True
  18. Create
  19. Imagine
  20. Create
  21. True
  22. check it against goals
  23. Ask
  24. Improve
  25. Imagine
  26. Ask
  27. draw a labelled diagram
  28. redesign after testing
  29. False
  30. False
  31. False
  32. True
  33. False
  34. Ask
  35. True
  36. brainstorm many ideas
  37. Ask
  38. True
  39. build the model
  40. Ask

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