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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 456 · 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) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  10. 10.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  20. 20.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  30. 30.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) make a prototype (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) think of wild ideas
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine

Answer key

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

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