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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 367 · 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 Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  4. 4.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  8. 8.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  10. 10.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) think of wild ideas
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  17. 17.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test

Answer key

  1. list the materials
  2. Ask
  3. Improve
  4. False
  5. Improve
  6. find the limits
  7. Ask
  8. True
  9. no, it repeats
  10. False
  11. Create
  12. make it better, retest
  13. Improve
  14. Improve
  15. think of wild ideas
  16. Imagine
  17. False
  18. Plan
  19. Plan
  20. Ask
  21. define the problem
  22. Plan
  23. Test
  24. Create
  25. True
  26. False
  27. Imagine
  28. Ask
  29. Create
  30. Create
  31. Ask
  32. Imagine
  33. Plan
  34. Plan
  35. True
  36. False
  37. True
  38. Test
  39. Ask
  40. Test

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