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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 859 · 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) dream up possible fixes (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  7. 7.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  13. 13.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) follow the plan to build (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  24. 24.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) list the materials (d) find the limits
  30. 30.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  32. 32.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  33. 33.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  35. 35.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing

Answer key

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

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