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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 236 · 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 Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  4. 4.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) try it out
  9. 9.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  14. 14.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  23. 23.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  26. 26.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) check it against goals (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. dream up possible fixes
  2. no, it repeats
  3. Create
  4. True
  5. Imagine
  6. Plan
  7. Ask
  8. build the model
  9. True
  10. ask who will use it
  11. Imagine
  12. try it out
  13. check it against goals
  14. False
  15. Ask
  16. False
  17. Test
  18. Create
  19. True
  20. Improve
  21. Imagine
  22. Ask
  23. False
  24. False
  25. draw a labelled diagram
  26. True
  27. fix the weak part
  28. Improve
  29. True
  30. Create
  31. Plan
  32. Imagine
  33. Ask
  34. Create
  35. make it better, retest
  36. Ask
  37. Improve
  38. make a prototype
  39. Ask
  40. Imagine

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