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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 603 · 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 think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  7. 7.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  14. 14.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) check it against goals
  22. 22.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  26. 26.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  29. 29.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) follow the plan to build
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  40. 40.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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