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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 543 · 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) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  2. 2.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  4. 4.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  7. 7.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  11. 11.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) ask who will use it (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  13. 13.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) redesign after testing (d) make a prototype
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) pick the build order
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) measure its performance
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test

Answer key

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

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