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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 221 · 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) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) build the model
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  13. 13.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  24. 24.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  27. 27.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  37. 37.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine

Answer key

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

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