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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 780 · 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 Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) check it against goals
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  7. 7.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  17. 17.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  22. 22.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  27. 27.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  29. 29.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. check it against goals
  2. Ask
  3. Test
  4. build the model
  5. think of wild ideas
  6. Improve
  7. True
  8. False
  9. False
  10. no, it repeats
  11. Imagine
  12. Plan
  13. Imagine
  14. Plan
  15. Ask
  16. Ask
  17. True
  18. Imagine
  19. Ask
  20. Imagine
  21. list the materials
  22. True
  23. Improve
  24. Ask
  25. ask who will use it
  26. dream up possible fixes
  27. True
  28. brainstorm many ideas
  29. Improve
  30. Improve
  31. Plan
  32. Plan
  33. Create
  34. False
  35. Plan
  36. Ask
  37. Imagine
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Create

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