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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 614 · 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 Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  3. 3.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) make it better, retest
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  22. 22.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  34. 34.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  38. 38.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan

Answer key

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

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