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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 659 · 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) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) dream up possible fixes
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) redesign after testing (d) fix the weak part
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) build the model
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) build the model (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  34. 34.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  37. 37.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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