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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 38 · 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) make it better, retest (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  4. 4.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  14. 14.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  18. 18.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  24. 24.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  26. 26.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  34. 34.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas

Answer key

  1. draw a labelled diagram
  2. follow the plan to build
  3. Improve
  4. True
  5. True
  6. Imagine
  7. find the limits
  8. Imagine
  9. Plan
  10. Imagine
  11. Ask
  12. Ask
  13. ask who will use it
  14. False
  15. Improve
  16. True
  17. dream up possible fixes
  18. True
  19. Imagine
  20. Improve
  21. Plan
  22. Plan
  23. Create
  24. True
  25. Ask
  26. True
  27. Imagine
  28. True
  29. Ask
  30. Improve
  31. False
  32. True
  33. Imagine
  34. False
  35. Create
  36. Ask
  37. Ask
  38. brainstorm many ideas
  39. fix the weak part
  40. make a prototype

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