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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 349 · 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) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) redesign after testing (d) brainstorm many ideas
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) try it out (c) measure its performance (d) list the materials
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  11. 11.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) follow the plan to build
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) build the model
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) dream up possible fixes
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) pick the build order (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  30. 30.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  37. 37.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram

Answer key

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

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