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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 432 · 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.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  3. 3.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  20. 20.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  28. 28.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) think of wild ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  40. 40.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. follow the plan to build
  3. False
  4. Plan
  5. Ask
  6. Improve
  7. True
  8. True
  9. Imagine
  10. dream up possible fixes
  11. measure its performance
  12. no, it repeats
  13. Improve
  14. Imagine
  15. True
  16. True
  17. Plan
  18. Test
  19. Improve
  20. False
  21. Ask
  22. Ask
  23. pick the build order
  24. redesign after testing
  25. list the materials
  26. build the model
  27. Create
  28. False
  29. Test
  30. fix the weak part
  31. Plan
  32. think of wild ideas
  33. Ask
  34. Ask
  35. True
  36. False
  37. Create
  38. False
  39. Improve
  40. False

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