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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 306 · 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) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) ask who will use it
  5. 5.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  8. 8.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) build the model (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  34. 34.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test

Answer key

  1. build the model
  2. find the limits
  3. ask who will use it
  4. dream up possible fixes
  5. False
  6. Imagine
  7. Plan
  8. True
  9. Imagine
  10. Test
  11. True
  12. Ask
  13. Improve
  14. think of wild ideas
  15. measure its performance
  16. Imagine
  17. Plan
  18. True
  19. brainstorm many ideas
  20. Plan
  21. True
  22. Imagine
  23. Create
  24. Ask
  25. True
  26. Ask
  27. Ask
  28. define the problem
  29. Ask
  30. Plan
  31. True
  32. Test
  33. Improve
  34. Improve
  35. no, it repeats
  36. Plan
  37. Plan
  38. False
  39. True
  40. Imagine

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