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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 369 · 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) think of wild ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) pick the build order
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  10. 10.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  14. 14.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  16. 16.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  23. 23.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  27. 27.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make a prototype (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. pick the build order
  2. Imagine
  3. Plan
  4. Ask
  5. Imagine
  6. Test
  7. draw a labelled diagram
  8. no, it repeats
  9. check it against goals
  10. True
  11. dream up possible fixes
  12. Ask
  13. find the limits
  14. True
  15. Plan
  16. False
  17. Ask
  18. Create
  19. Improve
  20. False
  21. measure its performance
  22. Ask
  23. False
  24. Improve
  25. False
  26. ask who will use it
  27. True
  28. True
  29. make a prototype
  30. Create
  31. False
  32. True
  33. Imagine
  34. Improve
  35. False
  36. False
  37. False
  38. Imagine
  39. Imagine
  40. Test

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