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Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 643 · 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, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) fix the weak part (d) make a prototype
  13. 13.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  20. 20.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) make a prototype
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  27. 27.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  31. 31.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  36. 36.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) redesign after testing (d) pick the build order
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) measure its performance (d) find the limits
  40. 40.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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