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Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 290 · 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 draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  5. 5.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) build the model (d) dream up possible fixes
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  19. 19.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) make it better, retest
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) check it against goals
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make it better, retest
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) follow the plan to build (d) think of wild ideas
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Test
  3. Ask
  4. Ask
  5. False
  6. Plan
  7. Ask
  8. Improve
  9. no, it repeats
  10. redesign after testing
  11. Ask
  12. Plan
  13. define the problem
  14. Imagine
  15. Create
  16. Ask
  17. Improve
  18. measure its performance
  19. Plan
  20. try it out
  21. ask who will use it
  22. fix the weak part
  23. Test
  24. find the limits
  25. draw a labelled diagram
  26. Create
  27. Imagine
  28. Create
  29. Test
  30. Ask
  31. Plan
  32. False
  33. Improve
  34. Imagine
  35. Create
  36. follow the plan to build
  37. Improve
  38. Create
  39. Improve
  40. Imagine

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