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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 597 · 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.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  3. 3.🔄 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
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  14. 14.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) check it against goals
  16. 16.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  22. 22.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) think of wild ideas (d) list the materials
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) think of wild ideas
  35. 35.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. False
  2. list the materials
  3. no, it repeats
  4. Ask
  5. Improve
  6. Test
  7. Improve
  8. Plan
  9. brainstorm many ideas
  10. Plan
  11. Plan
  12. Create
  13. find the limits
  14. True
  15. check it against goals
  16. False
  17. Improve
  18. Imagine
  19. False
  20. Imagine
  21. make it better, retest
  22. True
  23. True
  24. follow the plan to build
  25. Imagine
  26. Create
  27. Ask
  28. False
  29. think of wild ideas
  30. redesign after testing
  31. Plan
  32. Create
  33. Create
  34. ask who will use it
  35. False
  36. False
  37. Test
  38. False
  39. Test
  40. Improve

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