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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 746 · 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.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) measure its performance (c) ask who will use it (d) define the problem
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  18. 18.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  23. 23.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) follow the plan to build
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  35. 35.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) follow the plan to build
  37. 37.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  39. 39.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. fix the weak part
  4. Ask
  5. Plan
  6. list the materials
  7. Improve
  8. Improve
  9. follow the plan to build
  10. Ask
  11. Imagine
  12. Ask
  13. Improve
  14. True
  15. True
  16. Test
  17. make a prototype
  18. False
  19. pick the build order
  20. no, it repeats
  21. check it against goals
  22. ask who will use it
  23. True
  24. Plan
  25. Imagine
  26. Imagine
  27. Plan
  28. False
  29. measure its performance
  30. True
  31. True
  32. Improve
  33. Imagine
  34. Improve
  35. True
  36. dream up possible fixes
  37. True
  38. Imagine
  39. True
  40. Plan

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