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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 726 · 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) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  2. 2.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) list the materials
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  11. 11.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  15. 15.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) check it against goals
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  23. 23.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  31. 31.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  39. 39.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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