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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 526 · 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 Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) follow the plan to build
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) think of wild ideas
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make it better, retest
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  30. 30.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  32. 32.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  37. 37.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits

Answer key

  1. list the materials
  2. Test
  3. True
  4. Imagine
  5. Plan
  6. Ask
  7. redesign after testing
  8. make it better, retest
  9. check it against goals
  10. follow the plan to build
  11. Improve
  12. make a prototype
  13. Plan
  14. Ask
  15. Ask
  16. think of wild ideas
  17. Ask
  18. dream up possible fixes
  19. Plan
  20. Test
  21. Improve
  22. Plan
  23. Plan
  24. Imagine
  25. Imagine
  26. Improve
  27. False
  28. Test
  29. Test
  30. False
  31. ask who will use it
  32. False
  33. False
  34. False
  35. True
  36. Imagine
  37. True
  38. Test
  39. find the limits
  40. fix the weak part

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