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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 604 · 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) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 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
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) follow the plan to build
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  11. 11.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) try it out
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  17. 17.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  21. 21.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  24. 24.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  28. 28.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  35. 35.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part

Answer key

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

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