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Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 817 · 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 Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  9. 9.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) think of wild ideas
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) pick the build order
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  31. 31.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  34. 34.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan

Answer key

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

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