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Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 638 · 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 Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) measure its performance (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  22. 22.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) dream up possible fixes
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. draw a labelled diagram
  2. Create
  3. Plan
  4. Ask
  5. Plan
  6. Improve
  7. Imagine
  8. False
  9. Test
  10. ask who will use it
  11. Improve
  12. build the model
  13. Test
  14. Ask
  15. measure its performance
  16. Imagine
  17. Improve
  18. True
  19. Create
  20. list the materials
  21. try it out
  22. Plan
  23. check it against goals
  24. make a prototype
  25. Improve
  26. no, it repeats
  27. Improve
  28. Ask
  29. dream up possible fixes
  30. Plan
  31. Imagine
  32. Ask
  33. Create
  34. Ask
  35. Test
  36. brainstorm many ideas
  37. Test
  38. make it better, retest
  39. Imagine
  40. False

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