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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 347 · 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) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) follow the plan to build
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) build the model
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make it better, retest
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  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) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  21. 21.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  36. 36.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  40. 40.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. check it against goals
  2. list the materials
  3. Imagine
  4. Ask
  5. Create
  6. False
  7. Improve
  8. Imagine
  9. make it better, retest
  10. Plan
  11. Imagine
  12. draw a labelled diagram
  13. Imagine
  14. Test
  15. no, it repeats
  16. Test
  17. Ask
  18. Plan
  19. True
  20. Create
  21. False
  22. True
  23. False
  24. Plan
  25. redesign after testing
  26. dream up possible fixes
  27. think of wild ideas
  28. False
  29. Test
  30. False
  31. Ask
  32. Create
  33. Imagine
  34. Imagine
  35. Improve
  36. True
  37. Ask
  38. False
  39. brainstorm many ideas
  40. False

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