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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 937 · 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.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  12. 12.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 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
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  16. 16.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  23. 23.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  26. 26.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make it better, retest
  33. 33.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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