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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 377 · 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 Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  17. 17.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (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) Create (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) give up
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) check it against goals (c) follow the plan to build (d) pick the build order
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) make a prototype (c) follow the plan to build (d) pick the build order
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  38. 38.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  40. 40.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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