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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 732 · 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) find the limits (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  2. 2.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  4. 4.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  6. 6.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  9. 9.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  14. 14.🔄 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
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  26. 26.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) fix the weak part
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  30. 30.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) make it better, retest
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask

Answer key

  1. make a prototype
  2. False
  3. Plan
  4. True
  5. Test
  6. True
  7. Ask
  8. Ask
  9. True
  10. try it out
  11. Plan
  12. redesign after testing
  13. brainstorm many ideas
  14. no, it repeats
  15. Plan
  16. Improve
  17. Improve
  18. Improve
  19. Imagine
  20. Plan
  21. Test
  22. Imagine
  23. Create
  24. Ask
  25. Create
  26. False
  27. Test
  28. find the limits
  29. think of wild ideas
  30. Ask
  31. Imagine
  32. Ask
  33. Ask
  34. Imagine
  35. Plan
  36. Ask
  37. define the problem
  38. build the model
  39. ask who will use it
  40. Ask

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