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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 867 · 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 Improve step? (a) build the model (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  17. 17.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  20. 20.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  23. 23.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  37. 37.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once

Answer key

  1. fix the weak part
  2. dream up possible fixes
  3. Create
  4. Create
  5. Imagine
  6. Improve
  7. Test
  8. Ask
  9. Plan
  10. False
  11. Ask
  12. make it better, retest
  13. Ask
  14. False
  15. Create
  16. Plan
  17. True
  18. list the materials
  19. Plan
  20. False
  21. Plan
  22. Imagine
  23. False
  24. Improve
  25. brainstorm many ideas
  26. make a prototype
  27. Ask
  28. False
  29. True
  30. Create
  31. False
  32. Plan
  33. Ask
  34. Ask
  35. True
  36. Improve
  37. True
  38. False
  39. Test
  40. no, it repeats

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