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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. build the model
  2. Plan
  3. Ask
  4. Ask
  5. follow the plan to build
  6. find the limits
  7. Test
  8. think of wild ideas
  9. no, it repeats
  10. Improve
  11. make a prototype
  12. pick the build order
  13. Improve
  14. True
  15. Ask
  16. Imagine
  17. True
  18. Plan
  19. True
  20. redesign after testing
  21. True
  22. draw a labelled diagram
  23. Ask
  24. Ask
  25. ask who will use it
  26. False
  27. False
  28. Ask
  29. define the problem
  30. Improve
  31. False
  32. Test
  33. Imagine
  34. brainstorm many ideas
  35. dream up possible fixes
  36. Ask
  37. Plan
  38. False
  39. fix the weak part
  40. Plan

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