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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 654 · 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 Test step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest
  3. 3.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  6. 6.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) draw a labelled diagram
  30. 30.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest

Answer key

  1. measure its performance
  2. try it out
  3. False
  4. Ask
  5. Test
  6. False
  7. check it against goals
  8. Create
  9. False
  10. Test
  11. find the limits
  12. Ask
  13. no, it repeats
  14. Improve
  15. Create
  16. draw a labelled diagram
  17. Create
  18. Plan
  19. define the problem
  20. Ask
  21. Create
  22. dream up possible fixes
  23. Imagine
  24. Improve
  25. True
  26. Plan
  27. Plan
  28. redesign after testing
  29. fix the weak part
  30. False
  31. Improve
  32. Imagine
  33. Ask
  34. Imagine
  35. Test
  36. list the materials
  37. Imagine
  38. Ask
  39. False
  40. make it better, retest

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