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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 664 · 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 Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) pick the build order
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) list the materials (c) check it against goals (d) follow the plan to build
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  7. 7.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  9. 9.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) list the materials
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  21. 21.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  26. 26.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) think of wild ideas
  32. 32.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  39. 39.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. define the problem
  2. follow the plan to build
  3. Imagine
  4. Plan
  5. Ask
  6. brainstorm many ideas
  7. True
  8. Improve
  9. False
  10. Imagine
  11. Plan
  12. think of wild ideas
  13. Test
  14. fix the weak part
  15. Create
  16. Ask
  17. Imagine
  18. Ask
  19. list the materials
  20. Ask
  21. True
  22. pick the build order
  23. Imagine
  24. no, it repeats
  25. measure its performance
  26. True
  27. True
  28. Plan
  29. False
  30. make a prototype
  31. try it out
  32. True
  33. False
  34. Ask
  35. False
  36. False
  37. Ask
  38. Improve
  39. False
  40. Test

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