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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 961 · 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 Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) check it against goals
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  12. 12.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  15. 15.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  17. 17.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  26. 26.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  31. 31.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  36. 36.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  40. 40.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. check it against goals
  2. Create
  3. Imagine
  4. Ask
  5. Improve
  6. Test
  7. Imagine
  8. Ask
  9. False
  10. pick the build order
  11. redesign after testing
  12. False
  13. brainstorm many ideas
  14. make a prototype
  15. no, it repeats
  16. Imagine
  17. True
  18. fix the weak part
  19. Ask
  20. Create
  21. Ask
  22. Create
  23. think of wild ideas
  24. Test
  25. follow the plan to build
  26. False
  27. draw a labelled diagram
  28. dream up possible fixes
  29. Imagine
  30. Improve
  31. False
  32. Imagine
  33. Improve
  34. Create
  35. Test
  36. False
  37. Imagine
  38. Ask
  39. Plan
  40. True

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