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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 474 · 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 follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) ask who will use it
  16. 16.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) ask who will use it (d) follow the plan to build
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  21. 21.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  23. 23.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  25. 25.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) fix the weak part (d) build the model
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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