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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 795 · 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 Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) think of wild ideas
  2. 2.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) build the model
  9. 9.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  17. 17.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) build the model
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) ask who will use it
  24. 24.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 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
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) make a prototype (d) build the model
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. think of wild ideas
  2. True
  3. False
  4. measure its performance
  5. Improve
  6. check it against goals
  7. Ask
  8. draw a labelled diagram
  9. False
  10. True
  11. Improve
  12. False
  13. Plan
  14. find the limits
  15. Ask
  16. pick the build order
  17. Ask
  18. Ask
  19. try it out
  20. Create
  21. True
  22. make a prototype
  23. dream up possible fixes
  24. True
  25. Imagine
  26. Improve
  27. False
  28. Ask
  29. Test
  30. define the problem
  31. Create
  32. Imagine
  33. Test
  34. Plan
  35. Create
  36. Ask
  37. no, it repeats
  38. list the materials
  39. redesign after testing
  40. Plan

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