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Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 829 · 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) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  7. 7.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  13. 13.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  22. 22.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) redesign after testing (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  31. 31.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 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
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) follow the plan to build (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve

Answer key

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

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