EDP / Study Guide

 Engineer problems are solved using 

• process

• Machine

• structure

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 If your initial design doesn’t fully solve the problem or meet the challenge, you must go back and revise your plan. This is part of which step of the Engineering Design Process (EDP)?

• ask

• create

• improve

• imagine

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 What is the main goal of the design process?

• to make things

• to write reports

• to find solutions to problems

• to make cool charts and graphs

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What order do the steps of the Engineering Design Process go in?

• Ask, improve, plan, create, imagine

• Imagine, ask, plan, improve, create, improve

• Identify problem, plan, create, model, test, reflect

• Ask, imagine, plan, create, improve

 During which step of the Engineering Design Process do you experiment with a “prototype” or the first model of something and record and collect data?

• collaborate

• improve

• imagine

• create

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 An engineer has designed and built a “prototype” or model of a brake system of a car. What is the next step that the engineer should take in the process?

• improve

• plan

• imagine

• ask

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 You go through the Engineering Design Process and you get to the “create” step. You try, you fail. You try, you fail. You try, you fail. It’s okay if you fail as long as you keep doing the ____________________ step in the Engineering Design Process.

• improve

• hypothesize

• quit

• ask

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 A company wants to build a new type of train for transporting people to the North Pole. What should the company do first?

• build a model

• ask what information is needed to design the train

• improve the design

• test the design

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Charlie drops a carton of milk while helping his mother unload groceries. He decides to make a new type of carton that would protect the milk better. What is the first step Charlie should take in the design process?

• build the design

• identify the problem

• improve the prototype

• brainstorm

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Ellie wants to design and build a structure that will protect tomato plants from heavy rains while still letting in sunlight. She comes up with four ideas. Which one would best help her meet his design goal?

• mosquito netting

• clear plastic box

• cardboard covering

• wooden case

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