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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 559 · 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) make it better, retest (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  3. 3.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  30. 30.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  33. 33.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  39. 39.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  40. 40.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. follow the plan to build
  2. brainstorm many ideas
  3. False
  4. Imagine
  5. Improve
  6. ask who will use it
  7. no, it repeats
  8. Ask
  9. Improve
  10. pick the build order
  11. Plan
  12. Plan
  13. Create
  14. Test
  15. Plan
  16. Ask
  17. Plan
  18. Ask
  19. Test
  20. make a prototype
  21. Test
  22. Plan
  23. Ask
  24. Improve
  25. Imagine
  26. Imagine
  27. Imagine
  28. redesign after testing
  29. Imagine
  30. Improve
  31. Ask
  32. Test
  33. True
  34. Improve
  35. True
  36. True
  37. define the problem
  38. Imagine
  39. Ask
  40. False

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