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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 373 · 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 Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) redesign after testing
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  4. 4.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  7. 7.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) list the materials
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) build the model
  16. 16.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) fix the weak part (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) try it out (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  35. 35.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  38. 38.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  39. 39.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) define the problem

Answer key

  1. brainstorm many ideas
  2. Plan
  3. Imagine
  4. False
  5. True
  6. Create
  7. False
  8. True
  9. Create
  10. Ask
  11. Ask
  12. pick the build order
  13. Test
  14. think of wild ideas
  15. find the limits
  16. Plan
  17. Ask
  18. define the problem
  19. True
  20. Create
  21. Plan
  22. Improve
  23. fix the weak part
  24. Create
  25. Improve
  26. build the model
  27. Plan
  28. Test
  29. Ask
  30. Ask
  31. Improve
  32. Create
  33. Create
  34. try it out
  35. no, it repeats
  36. Plan
  37. Ask
  38. Improve
  39. False
  40. dream up possible fixes

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