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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 794 · 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 Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  2. 2.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  9. 9.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  13. 13.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) draw a labelled diagram
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) try it out
  22. 22.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  24. 24.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  31. 31.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  34. 34.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. pick the build order
  2. False
  3. Imagine
  4. Improve
  5. Ask
  6. draw a labelled diagram
  7. Plan
  8. measure its performance
  9. False
  10. make a prototype
  11. Create
  12. follow the plan to build
  13. False
  14. try it out
  15. Ask
  16. Imagine
  17. Plan
  18. Improve
  19. Create
  20. no, it repeats
  21. find the limits
  22. False
  23. Create
  24. True
  25. Plan
  26. Improve
  27. Ask
  28. Plan
  29. Imagine
  30. Improve
  31. False
  32. Plan
  33. build the model
  34. True
  35. False
  36. Create
  37. Imagine
  38. Ask
  39. Improve
  40. Ask

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