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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 524 · 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) define the problem (b) build the model (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) give up
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  15. 15.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. build the model
  2. try it out
  3. Improve
  4. make a prototype
  5. Plan
  6. brainstorm many ideas
  7. Ask
  8. no, it repeats
  9. Test
  10. dream up possible fixes
  11. Improve
  12. Ask
  13. Ask
  14. Imagine
  15. False
  16. True
  17. False
  18. False
  19. False
  20. Create
  21. define the problem
  22. Ask
  23. Ask
  24. list the materials
  25. Test
  26. True
  27. Plan
  28. Plan
  29. Create
  30. Imagine
  31. Plan
  32. False
  33. Test
  34. Create
  35. find the limits
  36. Plan
  37. Improve
  38. True
  39. False
  40. False

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