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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 805 · 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) list the materials (b) pick the build order (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  20. 20.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  22. 22.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  26. 26.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) build the model
  35. 35.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas

Answer key

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

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