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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 919 · 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 Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  6. 6.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  8. 8.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  14. 14.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  16. 16.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  21. 21.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) list the materials
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) define the problem
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  33. 33.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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