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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 944 · 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) make it better, retest (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  5. 5.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  14. 14.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  16. 16.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  23. 23.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  26. 26.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 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
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) try it out (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  31. 31.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem

Answer key

  1. think of wild ideas
  2. Ask
  3. Improve
  4. Improve
  5. True
  6. Create
  7. Imagine
  8. Improve
  9. Create
  10. check it against goals
  11. Plan
  12. Ask
  13. Ask
  14. False
  15. pick the build order
  16. True
  17. Imagine
  18. Ask
  19. Imagine
  20. Plan
  21. True
  22. dream up possible fixes
  23. True
  24. Ask
  25. Plan
  26. False
  27. no, it repeats
  28. make a prototype
  29. Test
  30. ask who will use it
  31. False
  32. Ask
  33. Create
  34. Plan
  35. find the limits
  36. Test
  37. Imagine
  38. Plan
  39. False
  40. define the problem

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