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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 661 · 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) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  5. 5.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) follow the plan to build (d) make a prototype
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  16. 16.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  22. 22.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  38. 38.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. dream up possible fixes
  2. Plan
  3. Create
  4. Plan
  5. False
  6. Imagine
  7. Ask
  8. Imagine
  9. pick the build order
  10. Ask
  11. check it against goals
  12. Create
  13. True
  14. True
  15. make it better, retest
  16. True
  17. Imagine
  18. Ask
  19. False
  20. Test
  21. Create
  22. Ask
  23. no, it repeats
  24. Ask
  25. Plan
  26. Test
  27. Ask
  28. Create
  29. draw a labelled diagram
  30. Imagine
  31. False
  32. Create
  33. follow the plan to build
  34. try it out
  35. Create
  36. Test
  37. fix the weak part
  38. True
  39. True
  40. False

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