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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 568 · 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 Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  3. 3.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  6. 6.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  18. 18.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  21. 21.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  24. 24.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) dream up possible fixes
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) redesign after testing (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  37. 37.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask

Answer key

  1. brainstorm many ideas
  2. fix the weak part
  3. True
  4. Plan
  5. Ask
  6. False
  7. Improve
  8. Test
  9. Improve
  10. Ask
  11. Create
  12. False
  13. Plan
  14. Imagine
  15. list the materials
  16. Plan
  17. Imagine
  18. False
  19. Plan
  20. Imagine
  21. True
  22. Create
  23. Ask
  24. False
  25. Test
  26. Test
  27. no, it repeats
  28. True
  29. Ask
  30. False
  31. Ask
  32. Imagine
  33. dream up possible fixes
  34. draw a labelled diagram
  35. Ask
  36. redesign after testing
  37. False
  38. think of wild ideas
  39. Plan
  40. Ask

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