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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 605 · 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 follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  4. 4.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  6. 6.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) fix the weak part (d) build the model
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  32. 32.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  34. 34.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Ask
  3. Imagine
  4. False
  5. Improve
  6. True
  7. True
  8. Ask
  9. Plan
  10. Improve
  11. Ask
  12. pick the build order
  13. Test
  14. make a prototype
  15. Ask
  16. Ask
  17. dream up possible fixes
  18. Create
  19. Create
  20. Ask
  21. Ask
  22. Plan
  23. Ask
  24. Improve
  25. True
  26. False
  27. False
  28. draw a labelled diagram
  29. Imagine
  30. try it out
  31. Create
  32. True
  33. Test
  34. True
  35. Plan
  36. define the problem
  37. Plan
  38. True
  39. False
  40. brainstorm many ideas

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