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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 756 · 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) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  5. 5.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  12. 12.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  16. 16.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
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  25. 25.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  32. 32.🔄 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
  33. 33.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  36. 36.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas

Answer key

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

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