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Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 554 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) check it against goals
  5. 5.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  9. 9.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) pick the build order (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  27. 27.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) draw a labelled diagram
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  37. 37.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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