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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 858 · 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) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  5. 5.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  8. 8.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  12. 12.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) dream up possible fixes
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) pick the build order
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) make it better, retest (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  30. 30.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. ask who will use it
  2. Ask
  3. False
  4. find the limits
  5. True
  6. Ask
  7. Imagine
  8. False
  9. Plan
  10. Ask
  11. pick the build order
  12. False
  13. dream up possible fixes
  14. Improve
  15. Imagine
  16. Ask
  17. think of wild ideas
  18. Create
  19. True
  20. False
  21. Imagine
  22. list the materials
  23. Improve
  24. Ask
  25. define the problem
  26. Plan
  27. Improve
  28. Plan
  29. measure its performance
  30. False
  31. Imagine
  32. Plan
  33. Create
  34. Improve
  35. Test
  36. Plan
  37. False
  38. True
  39. Ask
  40. Ask

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