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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 821 · 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) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  2. 2.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) make it better, retest
  6. 6.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  15. 15.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  28. 28.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  36. 36.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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