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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 340 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) measure its performance
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  8. 8.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  10. 10.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) build the model
  15. 15.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  27. 27.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  33. 33.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  38. 38.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  40. 40.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Create
  3. Plan
  4. Imagine
  5. list the materials
  6. think of wild ideas
  7. Test
  8. False
  9. Ask
  10. False
  11. Create
  12. Ask
  13. follow the plan to build
  14. fix the weak part
  15. True
  16. True
  17. True
  18. Ask
  19. False
  20. False
  21. True
  22. define the problem
  23. Test
  24. Imagine
  25. make a prototype
  26. Improve
  27. False
  28. Imagine
  29. Improve
  30. find the limits
  31. Create
  32. make it better, retest
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. True
  37. dream up possible fixes
  38. False
  39. check it against goals
  40. False

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