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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 748 · 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) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  7. 7.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  22. 22.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  25. 25.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  27. 27.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  30. 30.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  32. 32.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  40. 40.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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