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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 244 · 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) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  2. 2.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  6. 6.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  17. 17.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  25. 25.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  29. 29.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  33. 33.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test

Answer key

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

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