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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 520 · 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 Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  7. 7.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  17. 17.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  19. 19.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) pick the build order
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) build the model (d) check it against goals
  23. 23.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  25. 25.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) fix the weak part
  28. 28.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  34. 34.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  36. 36.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. brainstorm many ideas
  2. Plan
  3. True
  4. Improve
  5. Improve
  6. Improve
  7. True
  8. Plan
  9. pick the build order
  10. redesign after testing
  11. Ask
  12. Plan
  13. Plan
  14. Ask
  15. Imagine
  16. make it better, retest
  17. False
  18. Ask
  19. True
  20. Create
  21. check it against goals
  22. think of wild ideas
  23. False
  24. Improve
  25. False
  26. False
  27. follow the plan to build
  28. True
  29. False
  30. True
  31. define the problem
  32. Test
  33. find the limits
  34. True
  35. list the materials
  36. False
  37. Test
  38. Plan
  39. Create
  40. True

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