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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 487 · 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 Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) check it against goals
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  4. 4.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) follow the plan to build
  7. 7.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  16. 16.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  36. 36.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) list the materials
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine

Answer key

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

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