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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 518 · 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 Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  2. 2.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) ask who will use it
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  15. 15.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) find the limits
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve

Answer key

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

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