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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 254 · 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.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) build the model (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  6. 6.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) list the materials (d) find the limits
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  18. 18.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) build the model
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  28. 28.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  33. 33.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. brainstorm many ideas
  3. Ask
  4. fix the weak part
  5. Ask
  6. True
  7. Test
  8. Ask
  9. Improve
  10. True
  11. Test
  12. False
  13. Improve
  14. Improve
  15. Ask
  16. find the limits
  17. Imagine
  18. True
  19. Plan
  20. Create
  21. Ask
  22. False
  23. True
  24. Plan
  25. check it against goals
  26. think of wild ideas
  27. follow the plan to build
  28. True
  29. redesign after testing
  30. Ask
  31. Create
  32. draw a labelled diagram
  33. False
  34. True
  35. Plan
  36. Plan
  37. Imagine
  38. Test
  39. False
  40. False

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