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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 954 · 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 Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) try it out (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  2. 2.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) ask who will use it (d) find the limits
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  17. 17.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  20. 20.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  23. 23.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  26. 26.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) try it out
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  36. 36.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) check it against goals
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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