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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 724 · 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 Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) list the materials
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) list the materials
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  13. 13.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) check it against goals
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  30. 30.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  34. 34.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  38. 38.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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