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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 976 · 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 Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  2. 2.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) dream up possible fixes
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  21. 21.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) think of wild ideas
  23. 23.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  28. 28.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  31. 31.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  35. 35.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test

Answer key

  1. redesign after testing
  2. False
  3. True
  4. follow the plan to build
  5. Imagine
  6. make it better, retest
  7. Ask
  8. Improve
  9. Plan
  10. ask who will use it
  11. try it out
  12. Ask
  13. Ask
  14. Test
  15. Imagine
  16. False
  17. Create
  18. True
  19. False
  20. Plan
  21. False
  22. define the problem
  23. Improve
  24. Plan
  25. fix the weak part
  26. Test
  27. brainstorm many ideas
  28. False
  29. Improve
  30. Plan
  31. False
  32. Test
  33. Ask
  34. find the limits
  35. False
  36. Improve
  37. False
  38. think of wild ideas
  39. Ask
  40. Imagine

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