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Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 278 · 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.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  8. 8.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  20. 20.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  28. 28.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  30. 30.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  32. 32.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) try it out (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) check it against goals
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance

Answer key

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

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