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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 348 · 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) build the model (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  6. 6.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) measure its performance (d) try it out
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  16. 16.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  18. 18.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  24. 24.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  32. 32.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) draw a labelled diagram
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. try it out
  2. Ask
  3. False
  4. False
  5. Ask
  6. False
  7. Test
  8. Improve
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. Imagine
  12. Plan
  13. list the materials
  14. find the limits
  15. no, it repeats
  16. True
  17. fix the weak part
  18. Improve
  19. define the problem
  20. Imagine
  21. False
  22. Imagine
  23. make it better, retest
  24. True
  25. False
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. True
  30. Improve
  31. ask who will use it
  32. True
  33. Ask
  34. Ask
  35. Create
  36. dream up possible fixes
  37. Improve
  38. Create
  39. Ask
  40. Plan

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