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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 238 · 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 Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  12. 12.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) make it better, retest (d) dream up possible fixes
  15. 15.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  20. 20.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  27. 27.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  30. 30.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  31. 31.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. try it out
  2. Improve
  3. Ask
  4. Improve
  5. fix the weak part
  6. Ask
  7. Improve
  8. Ask
  9. Ask
  10. Plan
  11. define the problem
  12. False
  13. True
  14. dream up possible fixes
  15. True
  16. True
  17. Plan
  18. Create
  19. build the model
  20. True
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Imagine
  24. Create
  25. True
  26. pick the build order
  27. True
  28. Plan
  29. ask who will use it
  30. Improve
  31. False
  32. redesign after testing
  33. list the materials
  34. Create
  35. make a prototype
  36. Imagine
  37. Ask
  38. Imagine
  39. False
  40. Improve

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