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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 535 · 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 Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  26. 26.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  29. 29.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  37. 37.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. find the limits
  2. Plan
  3. Imagine
  4. Ask
  5. make a prototype
  6. Improve
  7. Plan
  8. Test
  9. Ask
  10. Test
  11. build the model
  12. Ask
  13. measure its performance
  14. Create
  15. Ask
  16. Plan
  17. Plan
  18. Plan
  19. fix the weak part
  20. Create
  21. Ask
  22. Improve
  23. define the problem
  24. brainstorm many ideas
  25. Plan
  26. True
  27. redesign after testing
  28. try it out
  29. False
  30. Imagine
  31. Imagine
  32. list the materials
  33. Improve
  34. Imagine
  35. False
  36. draw a labelled diagram
  37. True
  38. Create
  39. True
  40. True

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