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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 495 · 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 list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) dream up possible fixes
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  25. 25.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  34. 34.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) list the materials
  39. 39.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model

Answer key

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

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