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Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 590 · 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 Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) redesign after testing
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  23. 23.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) find the limits
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) draw a labelled diagram
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  30. 30.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  32. 32.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make a prototype
  37. 37.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create

Answer key

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

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