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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 609 · 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 Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) make a prototype (d) fix the weak part
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  12. 12.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) build the model (d) follow the plan to build
  18. 18.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) think of wild ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  25. 25.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) dream up possible fixes (c) follow the plan to build (d) list the materials
  28. 28.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make it better, retest
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) make it better, retest (d) find the limits

Answer key

  1. make a prototype
  2. Test
  3. Plan
  4. Improve
  5. measure its performance
  6. draw a labelled diagram
  7. fix the weak part
  8. Ask
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. define the problem
  12. False
  13. Ask
  14. Create
  15. Ask
  16. True
  17. redesign after testing
  18. False
  19. think of wild ideas
  20. follow the plan to build
  21. pick the build order
  22. Ask
  23. Ask
  24. Improve
  25. Ask
  26. True
  27. list the materials
  28. False
  29. Improve
  30. Ask
  31. Test
  32. Imagine
  33. no, it repeats
  34. Improve
  35. False
  36. Test
  37. Test
  38. True
  39. ask who will use it
  40. build the model

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