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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 921 · 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) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  2. 2.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  5. 5.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  10. 10.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) make a prototype
  17. 17.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  21. 21.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  22. 22.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) find the limits
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask

Answer key

  1. find the limits
  2. False
  3. Test
  4. Create
  5. True
  6. Create
  7. Test
  8. Improve
  9. Imagine
  10. False
  11. Ask
  12. Imagine
  13. measure its performance
  14. Ask
  15. Ask
  16. pick the build order
  17. True
  18. Ask
  19. Ask
  20. build the model
  21. Improve
  22. True
  23. Imagine
  24. True
  25. Plan
  26. Plan
  27. Imagine
  28. Plan
  29. Imagine
  30. False
  31. Improve
  32. redesign after testing
  33. check it against goals
  34. Imagine
  35. Imagine
  36. False
  37. False
  38. False
  39. Imagine
  40. Ask

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