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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 623 · 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 Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  8. 8.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  10. 10.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) check it against goals
  15. 15.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  19. 19.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  26. 26.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  37. 37.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  38. 38.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. think of wild ideas
  2. Plan
  3. Imagine
  4. Plan
  5. Create
  6. build the model
  7. make it better, retest
  8. False
  9. Plan
  10. True
  11. Ask
  12. False
  13. draw a labelled diagram
  14. check it against goals
  15. True
  16. Plan
  17. Ask
  18. find the limits
  19. Ask
  20. Ask
  21. Create
  22. Improve
  23. Imagine
  24. fix the weak part
  25. brainstorm many ideas
  26. True
  27. False
  28. False
  29. Ask
  30. Ask
  31. Improve
  32. make a prototype
  33. Plan
  34. True
  35. True
  36. Create
  37. no, it repeats
  38. False
  39. Imagine
  40. Create

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